The end of the nice GTK button
I really miss a consistent user experience. A core idea that I as a user can rely on to predict how a new app will work. I was in awe when I discovered as a kid that user interface were a research area. Things like Fitt&#x27;s Law and so on. It was not just opinion.<p>Today I get the feeling it&#x27;s mostly just opinion. Either the designer&#x27;s opinion or the wish to copy the look of something.<p>Whenever I see a hamburger menu I silently think &quot;Here someone has given up&quot;.<p>And there are a lot of behaviors that are not functioning well.<p>Is something a button? Should I click it or double-click it? How about long-press on it? How can I know when there&#x27;s no visual clues?<p>Things like &quot;Hide cursor while typing&quot; in Windows. It has not worked properly for decades and today only work in some super old apps like Notepad.<p>Another thing is type-ahead. I remember in classic MacOS, people pressed shortcuts and started to type the filename or whatever. It was all perfectly recorded and replayed. In modern Windows, press Win-key and start to type, oops, it missed the first keypresses, presented the completely wrong results and made a mess of your workflow.<p>I feel confused and disrespected as a user every day and I&#x27;ve been using WIMP graphical user interfaces since 1986. Sure, computers do more today, but there&#x27;s less consideration of almost everything.