[ale] Designer Hell: was (no subject)

[Jim Kinney]

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On Mon, Sep 22, 2025, 2:53 PM Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

>
> 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
>
> Steve Litt
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