this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2024
111 points (87.2% liked)

Programmer Humor

19623 readers
92 users here now

Welcome to Programmer Humor!

This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!

For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.

Rules

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Feyter@programming.dev
anzo@programming.dev
BurningTurtle@programming.dev
pylapp@programming.dev
111
that's not- (kbin.melroy.org)
submitted 3 months ago by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm a visual designer, tricks like this are often used to increase legibility.

If multiple people are complaining that its annoying and less readable, then I don't think it's working

[–] sus@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

A key part of visual design is knowing that the users don't know what's best for themselves. They usually stop complaining after 3 months which is proof that you are correct and they are wrong!

(sarcasm rate: 1 - ε)

[–] And009@reddthat.com 5 points 3 months ago

It's not like they have an option to switch to

[–] And009@reddthat.com 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yep it's not the correct context to use it unless there are accessibility requirements. For example the tool is frequently used by people who are in the neurodivergent spectrum

[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 4 points 3 months ago

That makes sense, I suppose it could be useful for some