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I never said Canadian-made furniture is inherently superior. My point was simply that the blanket statement that you can't buy a decent couch for around $2k isn't universally true. I bought one in that price range that's solid wood and well-built. It even has removable cushions.
I paid $2,200 for a couch that's made in Canada from solid wood. Not sure I can agree with you.
https://www.urbanbarn.com/en/product/sibley-sofa-chaise-SIBL...
Quirks, nonetheless, but after using the app for a few hours the logic starts to click.
To answer your questions, I'm guessing:
- Pressing Back in YouTube closes the comments so you can continue watching the video.
- If you tap a link in YouTube and it opens a browser, it'll default to an in-app browser with an X in the upper-left. If you've disabled that browser, pressing Back returns you to YouTube.
You provided a lot of great information in your comment, thanks.
It was Windows 7 when Microsoft added an overflow for tray icons, not XP.
GNOME is stylish, but what really sells it for me is that the apps match the aesthetic and feel cohesive.
I won’t disagree with you, KDE is certainly usable from a clean install. But calling GNOME primitive in comparison feels off to me. It was actually KDE’s applets and overall fit and finish that pushed me toward GNOME.
I'd have to disagree with you on that one. I recently migrated to Fedora from Windows 11, which gave me the chance to try Plasma, GNOME, and a couple other desktops.
Plasma is exactly what I don't want in a DE. It’s extremely configurable, but also overwhelming, and I don’t think that’s something the average user would feel comfortable navigating.
I ended up choosing GNOME. It feels visually cohesive, and the design is much more opinionated — they’ve clearly made decisions about what should and shouldn’t be part of the core desktop experience.
The government in British Columbia, Canada does as well - https://www.flickr.com/photos/tranbc/
I worked for Home Depot's Canadian division up until last year when they laid me off. They do everything in-house out of Atlanta for US operations.
Dock ≠ Menu Bar
"BAD UX"
Any of Google's Android apps.
There are apartments along Highway 427 in Toronto that are like that.
Thanks for sharing your comments and perspective. I read an article on HN this morning about housing and the need to build more of it. One of the comments mentioned that social housing construction in Canada dropped significantly in 1995—presumably due to the fallout from Quebec's referendum and the broader context you described.
I don't know if I'd use the word "great" to describe Google's products.
Great article—thanks for sharing! I did something similar nine years ago with a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. It stayed online for nearly a decade until it went offline at the end of 2024, following Google's decision to sunset my OnHub router.
Initially, I used it as a CUPS server to turn a non-networked Brother printer (HL-2240) into a wireless printer after Google discontinued Google Cloud Print.
The printing project was a lot of fun and inspired me to dive into another challenge: self-hosting. Along the way, I learned a great deal about Apache, SSL certificates, security, and just how fragile SD cards can be!
The print server still works well, though I’ve since downsized to a Raspberry Pi Zero W.
I'm also really into collecting swag from defunct companies—Enron, Lehman Brothers, and Nortel are my favorites. Lately, though, it feels like it's getting harder and harder to find anything from these companies on eBay or Etsy.
https://home.omg.lol/ perhaps?
Do you have a source for this "most pedestrian deaths are at night" claim?
Microsoft leveraged this design once more with the UAC configuration screen.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/imag...
It does, it's just not the best.
Thanks! I was having this issue as well.
I've been using Android since Google's Nexus One release. Although I enjoy the Android platform, I have huge issues with Google's services strategy and overall consideration for interoperability between their services. There's magic that's missing — magic that exists on Apple's platforms.
Also, the apps that Google does have are pretty terrible. Google Keep is not a strong competitor to Apple's offerings. The UI is terrible, it provides you with a long running list of your notes, labels instead of folders which is a fine option, but I'd rather have both for my workflow. Google Maps is an ad infested mess with more bugs than I can count. I'd be interested in knowing if it's as inconsistent and unreliable on iOS. There are features that straight up just do not work — it's unacceptable.
My biggest annoyance though? Google's love for A/B updates. There have been times where I've had a feature or option exposed to me just to disappear a few months later. I remember reading about new offerings in Google apps that could be accessed by doing x, y, and z. Often times the feature would be unavailable to me because it was "rolling out." I'd spend weeks repeating the steps to see if that new feature was available to me, but nope, it still was not. I eventually lost interest.
I'm not sure what I want to do for my next phone. The benefits of Android outweigh the cons, but on the other hand, maybe it's time for a change to experience what iOS is doing more. If Apple improves how notifications are handled with iOS 16, that might just provide me with the push that I need.
Oh... I also really love Twitter and iOS really seems like the best platform for Twitter. They have Tweetbot which has always been a gold standard, but there's also timeline syncing via iCloud. Mind you to take advantage of that I'd have to get an iPad and a Mac, too. At least the option's there though. Android relied on tweetmarker and when they died it left Android users SOL. Also, the only good third-party Twitter client on Android, Flamingo, is starting to show it's age and is no longer updated.
Ugh. The gaps between Android & Windows are becoming more and more apparent to me. Heck, Windows 11 still doesn't come with a good native calendar app. The default one by Microsoft is not optimized for productivity or even desktop displays. I digress, but still...
Anyways, I'll likely continue living in the Android world as its offerings are more aligned with my views. It's just hard accepting the recent mediocrity as a UX designer.