It is simply not possible to carry on at the current level of economic activity without destroying the environment, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
think about how much processing goes into making fucking gui’s more “visually appealing” frosted edges and blurred transparency etc. completely fucking pointless, useless and chewing enormous resources every day (silicon, battery power etc etc).
we are being lead down a dangerous path of pointless indulgence
What’s worse is that all this cruft actually ends up making user experience worse as well. This is a great article discussing how input lag got worse over the years.
1000% this ^
think about how much processing goes into making fucking gui’s more “visually appealing” frosted edges and blurred transparency etc. completely fucking pointless, useless and chewing enormous resources every day (silicon, battery power etc etc).
we are being lead down a dangerous path of pointless indulgence
What’s worse is that all this cruft actually ends up making user experience worse as well. This is a great article discussing how input lag got worse over the years.
nice article. and a good point all those cycles pissed down the drain on pointless fluff. its just sad
indeed