Post AzSH8prSBVh2c1U26a by draslorus@piaille.fr
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(DIR) Post #AzS9cCOOh39nFyNoga by BrodieOnLinux@mstdn.social
2025-10-22T02:20:34Z
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Here's an interesting philosophical question for developers:Is it more important for a solution to be correct but it feels broken to the user or Technically not a correct solution but the user feels like it works.
(DIR) Post #AzSAAe3gL3lCuH7Qwq by amberdambey@mastodon.social
2025-10-22T02:26:47Z
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@BrodieOnLinux as the story goes, apple engineers working on the ipod didnt like the true random shuffle it did so they programmed a "smart shuffle" algorithm (i think its called "genius" or something now) that makes it much less likely to pick songs that are from the same artists/genres as ones already played. so less randomness to make it feel more random
(DIR) Post #AzSAF2cUxfECF1V4ym by StarkRG@myside-yourside.net
2025-10-22T02:27:29Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I'm reminded of the times when KDE's fancy shutdown screen would fail if the nvidia drivers got updated so you would have to sudo reboot. It wasn't KDE's fault, they were just using QT's APIs, and it wasn't QT's fault because it was nvidia's drivers that were failing to function, and, though it was nvidia's fault, they didn't care. KDE *could* have provided a fallback option that would allow you to reboot if their fancy screen didn't work but fuck you for requesting that feature.
(DIR) Post #AzSCgDRx0J3zYZeVKy by jonah@mastodon.neat.computer
2025-10-22T02:54:50Z
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@BrodieOnLinux feels like a backend developer versus frontend developer question
(DIR) Post #AzSF91c8HuUd9fHPWq by prlzx@hostux.social
2025-10-22T03:22:29Z
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@BrodieOnLinux This is going to sound like a fudge, butwhen a developer I wanted to start from the technically correct implementationwith work on improving the UI with regards to intuitiveness, discover-ability or other visible aspects guided by user feedback being ongoing.User-centric design is important to me but in the sense of making the UI better respect expectations (principle of least surprise) and physical world analogies where applicable.
(DIR) Post #AzSFAawiPTap1aeiZs by normplum@fosstodon.org
2025-10-22T03:22:46Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Users are not going to want to use software that feels wrong, no matter how 'correct' it is.
(DIR) Post #AzSFcH5Dqw0zWtpk4u by mausmalone@mastodon.social
2025-10-22T03:27:47Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I'm going to go with "correct but feels wrong" because I work in web dev and web dev is often iterative based on visitor feedback and data.It's critical to make sure that your code is functional and secure FIRST and then iterate your way to a good UX later.
(DIR) Post #AzSH8prSBVh2c1U26a by draslorus@piaille.fr
2025-10-22T03:44:52Z
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@BrodieOnLinux for cybersecurity, better be correct than user friendly ans sorry
(DIR) Post #AzSJYBlG66rrgLnq3k by BrodieOnLinux@mstdn.social
2025-10-22T04:11:52Z
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@rustynail Not necessarily, you may decide to fix a bug in your application that users feel like is how the application should be working
(DIR) Post #AzST1jT2kzB4CnRf8q by gigantos@social.linux.pizza
2025-10-22T05:58:01Z
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@BrodieOnLinux a secret KDE vs GNOME vote I take it 😅
(DIR) Post #AzSiKLNy11MmKbP4eu by dutch_connection_uk@mastodo.neoliber.al
2025-10-22T08:49:28Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I suspect that people may have different understandings of "correct" here. Some people are pointing to things like the iPod shuffle, which is a well defined thing that doesn't risk the application crashing or losing the user's data.
(DIR) Post #AzSmFq4osXQJt3YSIq by 4X6GP@mastodon.radio
2025-10-22T09:33:21Z
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@BrodieOnLinux It depends on what you mean by 'wrong'. A program that computes neutron flux for nuclear reactors must be as correct as possible and screw the UI. A game has to feel right even if it fails to accurately mirror real physics.
(DIR) Post #AzSnK4F4FpKmvrvcKe by mrfantome@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-10-22T09:45:18Z
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@BrodieOnLinux If it is wrong then it is not doing what is should be doing. Fake loading screen is one example but a fake sorting filter could be another. Also note that a solution that is correct but looks wrong is still correct i.e. it does what the functionality said it should be doing thus it is correct. But maybe you were referring to how the implementation feels to devs?
(DIR) Post #AzTBbKSNcSev2nv1yi by mmmgaming@linuxrocks.online
2025-10-22T14:17:30Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I subscribe to works well and feels correct. If you're not taking pride in your work to the extent of making it the best that it can be, then why are you in this line of work?
(DIR) Post #AzTj2jcnRykJPKT14C by paninodesu@mastodon.social
2025-10-22T20:32:13Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I click on whatever is the Gnome approach.