This is less a design choice and more the reality of package-based architecture, but - menus that I have to wait before interacting.
I spent most of my life being able to enter clicks and hotkeys as fast as I want, because they would queue up and the app would resolve them in order. Now I can’t type too fast after pressing the Windows Start button, because the start menu needs time to load before it can handle KEYPRESSES. Tapping Windows key followed by “Discord” will search for “iscord” or something if I type full speed.
It feels like every modern app is optimized for a slow person browsing one-handed on a phone.
Jup. And then you have to catch yourself before selecting because the content you are seeing are about to be switched with web results in a second…
And then, as you wait for the program to load, because you are already on a roll you switch to another window and continue working. But the program that is loading and updating and showing fancy launch animations keep stealing the focus over and over instead of staying in the background at least until its done.
there is an even worse case for that. CTRL + F in a browser and directly start typing while you’re in a webpage/webapp with hotkeys shortcuts. I end up marking posts/emails as spam, deleting them from my view, start replying or whatever action they’ve assigned in a single key press.
This is less a design choice and more the reality of package-based architecture, but - menus that I have to wait before interacting.
I spent most of my life being able to enter clicks and hotkeys as fast as I want, because they would queue up and the app would resolve them in order. Now I can’t type too fast after pressing the Windows Start button, because the start menu needs time to load before it can handle KEYPRESSES. Tapping Windows key followed by “Discord” will search for “iscord” or something if I type full speed.
It feels like every modern app is optimized for a slow person browsing one-handed on a phone.
They assume all windows users only have one hand free at all times
Jup. And then you have to catch yourself before selecting because the content you are seeing are about to be switched with web results in a second…
And then, as you wait for the program to load, because you are already on a roll you switch to another window and continue working. But the program that is loading and updating and showing fancy launch animations keep stealing the focus over and over instead of staying in the background at least until its done.
Being effective in Windows is difficult.
It’s so MADDENING
there is an even worse case for that. CTRL + F in a browser and directly start typing while you’re in a webpage/webapp with hotkeys shortcuts. I end up marking posts/emails as spam, deleting them from my view, start replying or whatever action they’ve assigned in a single key press.