Posts by fasterandworse@hci.social
(DIR) Post #Aw86yvPP1sWAdxHlQm by fasterandworse@hci.social
2025-07-14T14:53:04Z
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This is also why everything is general purpose now.It's why people defend products such as generative AI as a "tool" because it's handy for something, but in every case that thing could be satisfied better by a deliberate design.6/x
(DIR) Post #Aw86z0VG5XAmRZ40ki by fasterandworse@hci.social
2025-07-14T15:31:23Z
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When a design process is confined in how it can satisfy a purpose, we call that a constraint.Design constraints are normal and common, but they are only recognised as constraints because the design process is a response to an unchangeable purpose.7/x
(DIR) Post #Ax5mjdGTZBKyxMciQq by fasterandworse@hci.social
2025-08-12T11:35:19Z
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@aral I say best not find yourself defending a brand
(DIR) Post #AxJc4uGTB4E0Tm08dE by fasterandworse@hci.social
2025-08-18T12:35:24Z
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Hi everyone,I unexpectedly lost the contract with my main client today and would appreciate some help.If you know of front end dev work, planning/strategy, or if you know me, anything where my skills may be useful.I have 26+ years of experience in web products, strategising, designing, and building UIs for them.Any leads, short term, part time, etc would be helpful.I'm based in Amsterdam and 100% equipped for remote work.Boost welcome!Thanks so much#jobs #FediHire #getfedihired
(DIR) Post #AxJc50SO9fK9gTck2i by fasterandworse@hci.social
2025-08-18T14:28:59Z
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I've been actively looking for a new career direction where I can best put my skills and experience to use.The growing onset of LLM and generative AI products being forced into the process of designing and building web products has deteriorated my joy of making things in this space.
(DIR) Post #AxJc569SyvklLWoiNk by fasterandworse@hci.social
2025-08-18T14:29:15Z
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I'm trying to find a path where I'm involved with purposeful products, but under more deliberate and considered circumstances.Give me a shout if you're also in the same position and would like to talk or if you'd like to share any opportunities, or people and organisations, of interest.
(DIR) Post #B1JoQ58ATZ0sRaI8bQ by fasterandworse@hci.social
2025-12-16T20:45:06Z
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RE: https://hci.social/@fasterandworse/115731120513478963Firefox's killer feature is that it's not chromium. That's the pull. Nothing to do with tab grouping or UI design.When your userbase is made of people who don't want bullshit, you are taking a risk with every new feature, especially the ultimate bullshit feature of AI
(DIR) Post #B1RjA8XLMngWKu4xc0 by fasterandworse@hci.social
2025-12-20T17:07:16Z
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I want a configurable one of these on the side of my laptop
(DIR) Post #B1RjRSLmxAasi4vti4 by fasterandworse@hci.social
2025-12-20T17:11:27Z
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@futurebird that would be the optimal configuration
(DIR) Post #B1ed9COHTm01KSUMCm by fasterandworse@hci.social
2024-03-06T20:29:27Z
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"The world of artificial intelligence can be divided up a lot of different ways, but the most obvious split is between researchers interested in being god and researchers interested in being rich."Still fresh 1985 AI piece by Tom Athanasiou https://processedworld.com/Issues/issue13/i13mindgames.htm
(DIR) Post #B23A7FQLruQ9UYUMzo by fasterandworse@hci.social
2026-01-07T18:18:47Z
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Incrediblehttps://mastodon.gamedev.place/@duke_of_germany/115853330852766984
(DIR) Post #B23CFTMw6anSxxwOq8 by fasterandworse@hci.social
2026-01-07T18:36:19Z
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@brettm that person does work for mozilla and was previously on the chrome team
(DIR) Post #B2xwwSUi9FIsVDrgdU by fasterandworse@hci.social
2026-02-03T15:47:17Z
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/116002119945073671For all us Web Developers there is the WebExtensions API detailed here (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions) on the Mozilla Developer Network made by Mozilla, but for Mozilla we have this "AI Controls" mess, the most incredible display of "what is consent...really?"
(DIR) Post #B2xwwTnXIjxKXtgEcK by fasterandworse@hci.social
2026-02-03T18:35:16Z
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in case it's not clear, Mozilla could have pleased *everyone* by making all this stuff into browser extensions. They've been hammered with feedback about this but have not addressed it.
(DIR) Post #B2xwwXuQ15q1IOvmts by fasterandworse@hci.social
2026-02-03T16:06:46Z
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donate to @servo at https://opencollective.com/servo :)
(DIR) Post #B3B3oIoNUQtQtCbJfE by fasterandworse@hci.social
2026-02-09T16:35:36Z
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honestly, Mozilla is a lost cause. Count down to them switching to the chromium engine to save money on engineering staff
(DIR) Post #B3B3oNeHVOmttKup7Y by fasterandworse@hci.social
2026-02-09T16:47:27Z
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I can't say this enough, it's not about AI. It's about terrible decisions, toxic representation, shallow leadership, and all the traits of a productless startup that received significant funding on some baseless tech hype
(DIR) Post #B3B3oSHQHoTSFtG8ga by fasterandworse@hci.social
2026-02-09T16:49:24Z
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if mozilla had half an idea of the value of their core asset, they'd not fuck with it. They'd leverage the add-on function to ensure that "features" were adopted on merit, not via some faux interpretation of opt-in
(DIR) Post #B3B3oXr3YkwrXqyAQC by fasterandworse@hci.social
2026-02-09T17:01:56Z
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everything Mozilla are doing right now regrading this inane "kill switch" is an effort to minimise the problems they created by not designing. It's exactly what I mean by anti-design.
(DIR) Post #B3B3oderyylVXnJWG8 by fasterandworse@hci.social
2026-02-09T17:12:07Z
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