Shame MS don’t spend this much time on effort on… every other part of their desi...

simmerup · 2024-05-23T10:13:53 1716459233

They do, that’s why they have like 5 competing design languages

ZuLuuuuuu · 2024-05-23T10:39:08 1716460748

Imagine if they spent the same time for fixing/improving the search bar on Windows instead of the recently announced Recall feature.

blitzar · 2024-05-23T11:10:04 1716462604

Microsoft aggressively filters out this type of substandard employee in their interview process.

pompino · 2024-05-23T08:34:26 1716453266

They don't need to because you can't argue with success. They continue to have the dominant product in the space for several decades.

isametry · 2024-05-23T11:44:43 1716464683

Successful product != well-designed product.

Microsoft got Windows where it is by having no sense of self-respect and willing to play the B2B race to the bottom. And it remains dominant thanks to decades' worth of legacy software that needs to continue running.

So that's cheapness and momentum.

If Windows was ever a beautiful product, it certainly isn't now. It would never become popular today in its current shape and principles.

pompino · 2024-05-23T17:34:39 1716485679

>Successful product != well-designed product.

Anyone can say that about any product. That doesn't make it true. Windows is a successful product that satisfies a need that people and businesses have. You can't fake dollar bills.

>Microsoft got Windows where it is by having no sense of self-respect and willing to play the B2B race to the bottom. And it remains dominant thanks to decades' worth of legacy software that needs to continue running.

>So that's cheapness and momentum.

>If Windows was ever a beautiful product, it certainly isn't now. It would never become popular today in its current shape and principles.

I'd rather sell a hundred million copies than convince some randos on the internet that my software is "beautiful".