saw-lau

Joined 16 years ago

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Comment · 5 months ago
One of my biggest bugbears is losing the OK/Apply/Cancel concept with dialog boxes or settings windows. If I have a window with lots of settings that I want to experiment with then I've no problem with that setting taking effect immediately, but please give me the ability to back out all the changes I've tentatively made via a Cancel button.
Comment · 6 months ago
Beads?
Comment · 9 months ago
Got through to The Times newspaper!
Comment · 1 year ago
Nope - you've got me on that one. I can't.
Comment · 1 year ago
How do I switch to the timeline where emojis, crypto, NFTs and generative AI weren't invented?
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Hadn't seen this before - thanks! I'll take a look before it comes round to resubscribing next year. :-)
Comment · 1 year ago
I (well, my company) pays for https://onlinetools.com/ (USD 6 per month if you pay for a year upfront), which a found super-handy for (de-)prettifying and (de-)stringifying JSON. (It does a lot of other things too.)
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks!
Comment · 1 year ago
Is it possible to reset progress somehow?
Comment · 2 years ago
And on top of all that is the terrible (IMHO) UX design pattern of getting rid of Apply/Cancel buttons, particularly in settings panes.
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Comment · 2 years ago
54 year old finding this useful here! :-)
Comment · 3 years ago
Several years ago the company I work for offered a 'compressed working fortnight' option, where for nine days out of ten you work an extra 45 minutes a day and then get every other Friday off.

For me, this was an absolute game-changer in terms of quality of life. The majority of the company took it up and there's really been no issue in terms of overall productivity that I can see. If I ever change jobs, whether or not my new employer offers this will be a huge consideration for me.

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