[ale] Designer Hell: was (no subject)

[Steve Litt]

On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:38:59 -0400
Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Making all gear with buttons solid black with black buttons with a
> tiny, embossed icon of that the button does....
> 
> I hope those designers get a hell where the single light bulb burns
> out every day and it takes removal of 250 items to change the bulb
> and it's all black and dark and the embossing is worn and every week
> the upgrade moves all the buttons around.
> 
> Of course if I can't find the ui button I can't see all the real bugs
> still not fixed while the team redesigned the ui for 138th time in 2
> years.

This is the most beautifully succinct description of the problem I've
ever heard. May I quote you on this?

Thanks,

SteveT

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