RDeckard

> Delphi and Visual Basic 6 were definitely not the pinnacle of UI development.

> All layout was pixel based.

I'd say that was a very reasonable trade-off at the time, when most screens were somewhere between 640x480 and 1024x768 resolutions at 72 DPI. This simplified UI design sufficiently enough that VB/Delphi provided an optimal solution that, yes in hindsight, would most accurately be described as a "local maxima" for the environment and the time.

> Making windows resizable required much complex ad-hoc code

I remember there were ActiveX controls one could drop onto their form that would attempt to derive the layout based on initial positioning of controls, i.e. that a lower row of buttons should be anchored to the bottom of the window, while textboxes are took up a larger area would automagically resize with the window.

There is a film starring Gerrard Butler. "Geostorm", 2017.

A lot of products these days are intentionally poorly designed with no longevity. "Planned obsolescence" is the term. Part of moving everything to as-a-service model :)

That's just consumer culture, of which Amazon is an acute representative.

It provides a counterbalance. Anyone who's ever played competitive sports, wishes for a competent sparring partner.

Good job, Russia. Many of us are rooting for you.

Any keyboard shortcuts? Can't seem to find any docs on it

Good foresight.

What do you do?

Optimizations are still on in checked builds.

>how does annexing Crimea help Russia? Was that one navy port worth it?

>A calculated risk, perhaps. But they seem to be bad at math.

Not everything in life is measured in money, or done because of money.

What about CNN, BBC and Western propaganda channels? Are you The Ministry of Truth?

Inevitably, some day, you will empathize.

What wallet was that? :) Genuinely curious.