I’m sort of an “apple snob” in that I’ve always been amazed at the intuitive design and flawless functionality of their products; at least the ones I use. Maybe Substack is just more complex than I can even imagine! HOL
It usually remains (and grows even more) complicated unless developers/designers make a conscious effort to simplify. (Former designer/developer speaking.)
I wonder why my first reply (a) didn’t sort within this chain but instead filed at bottom of everyone’s messages? (a) “Thanks for replying. After I sent my message, I couldn’t find it! HOL Now that your reply is In “activity”, I’ll keep you posted if I find anything too! HOL“
Also this reminds me a little bit of 1200 baud character-based email in terms of being a very preliminary design and functionality. Not complaining just surprised. This is 2023 isn’t it! HOL
When we had the 110 baud modem where you put the phone handset into the modem cradle, we kept a baby's squeaky hammer around, and would occasionally whack the handset with the hammer. That would transmit about 20 characters of nonsense. This reminds me of that.
Brings back memories. I have been programming computers since 1962 (!), and in one of my jobs I had to test a data transmission app called "Kermit". I remember using a handset modem (I forget whether this one was 110 or 300 baud), and I would tap on the handset with a pen or pencil to generate noise and see how well Kermit was able to recover from the errors.
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I’m sort of an “apple snob” in that I’ve always been amazed at the intuitive design and flawless functionality of their products; at least the ones I use. Maybe Substack is just more complex than I can even imagine! HOL
Software is hard to get right. Usually, it gets very complicated before it gets simple.
It usually remains (and grows even more) complicated unless developers/designers make a conscious effort to simplify. (Former designer/developer speaking.)
Oh, first time I clicked “reply”, which seemed reasonable.
HOL HOL
I wonder why my first reply (a) didn’t sort within this chain but instead filed at bottom of everyone’s messages? (a) “Thanks for replying. After I sent my message, I couldn’t find it! HOL Now that your reply is In “activity”, I’ll keep you posted if I find anything too! HOL“
Also this reminds me a little bit of 1200 baud character-based email in terms of being a very preliminary design and functionality. Not complaining just surprised. This is 2023 isn’t it! HOL
When we had the 110 baud modem where you put the phone handset into the modem cradle, we kept a baby's squeaky hammer around, and would occasionally whack the handset with the hammer. That would transmit about 20 characters of nonsense. This reminds me of that.
Brings back memories. I have been programming computers since 1962 (!), and in one of my jobs I had to test a data transmission app called "Kermit". I remember using a handset modem (I forget whether this one was 110 or 300 baud), and I would tap on the handset with a pen or pencil to generate noise and see how well Kermit was able to recover from the errors.