Re: Where Are The Computer Companies?

On 2025-06-09, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 12:46:14 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:
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File open and save dialogs also seem to differ and ways to access the
filesystem from said dialogs differ.

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I can remember Microsoft offering standardized open/save dialogs for
Windows developers to use in their apps. And then ... using entirely
different ones in their own Microsoft Office.
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Leadership by example, they have heard of it!

The thing is, I've never heard anyone complain about it at work.  I
don't work in the tech sector, so my colleagues are average "laptop
class" types.  Perhaps its an issue, but in all my years, of all the
complaints people have heard about the computer, consistent dialogs is
not one.  Same with the titlebars, to be honest, most people don't
notice, or don't care or simply got used to it, and the systems are
convoluted with One Drive and Teams and Share Point all intermingled.

People that *actually have work to do* just get on with their work.

Perhaps UI developers think users are drooling troglodytes that would be
confused by menus, by options, by a save dialog that differs slightly
from program to program, but that view doesn't reflect reality.