most normalest OS

@CmykStudent @Polychrome okay so, i think it's both actually

3.0 feels like it's trying to be an UI/UX remake, like Blender's restyling around 2.8, which is bound to draw some complaints but be better in the long run

but it instead ends up feeling like a poorly reskinned 2.10 to me, things don't feel better, they just feel slightly.. off, while also working a bit worse

basically, it changed too much without actually changing at all, if that makes sense?

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there's also some weird issues which may or may not be on the GTK side, like the cursor disappearing over slider controls i mentioned i think elsewhere in the thread

also opening settings sometimes crashes the whole thing, which i'll actually need to report at some point if i don't forget (i probably will, my memory is terrible)

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my personal suggestion would be to make it a long-term goal to rethink the UI/UX from the ground up, similar to what was done with Blender; it will piss off some long-time users in the short term, but also likely will make the whole thing more accessible to new users

@Polychrome meanwhile i'm thinking about learning how to image edit with Blender, most of my use is colour adjustments and filtering anyways, and i do Not like the GNU IMP 3 UI

@navi @puppygirlhornypost2 the thing is, at least in my use you can't achieve that core set without swapping them out and needing to carry around different cards wherever you go

especially if you aren't sure if you'll need something, which for example back when i was in school still would've been a regular occurrence if my laptop didn't already have everything

something that is a non-issue on a T480 because it just has everything anyone could need outside really niche stuff built in

@puppygirlhornypost2 the tradeoff with Framework is very visible actually, sure it has open standard modules, but also as a consequence the thing actually has less connectivity than, say, a T480

a T480, which has basically all the connectivity one might need outside very niche applications, more so than a Framework

of course you could make the argument that you can just swap the connectors by need or carry around extra modules, but at that point you've just reinvented Apple's dongle hell with an open source coat of paint

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now, i do think a modular laptop is doable though, hell, a lot are technically modular already, something like a T485 is probably identical to a T480 other than for the CPU section of the mainboard; and i wouldn't be surprised if even the T580 uses a very similar board

and to Framework's credit they did go in the right direction, the core of a Framework machine is a standardised mainboard

but like i don't think Framework's way is the one to go with, simply because they sacrifice too much of the tech that makes something like a T480 or older Probook or whatever as good as it is

personally i think the correct way would be either fixed connectivity with one or two module bays, like how you could replace the optical drive on some laptops back in the day with something else

or alternatively splitting the PCB into sections and letting you buy the sections, with a much narrower slot size than what Framework is using and no cases on the modules

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a phone meanwhile i think is just a lost cause

tablet maybe, but a phone is too specifically shaped to make it modular beyond some very basic stuff like a bigger battery or a higher res screen

fucks sake

mirrors are annoying

not because of dysphoria, but because i keep getting distracted by how hot i am

@quixoticgeek i mean, last i checked IT education in general is currently focusing on stuff that was relevant in like.. 2009-ish? so doesn't surprise me

in general, the tech field moves way too fast for current education to keep up, which leads to horrible gaps like this

especially with tech companies also making it intentionally harder to teach about this kinda stuff

@Polychrome currently writing CSS to get rid of that stuff, will update when done

also there's so much crap on there that it causes the firefox devtools to lag

@Polychrome https://gist.github.com/sinsinewave/933a42849ca6f87d802b381faea0476b

that should work i think

@chjara @yassie_j @HentaiBot such in-depth art analysis, impressive

on par with highly respected classical art critics, even

@chjara is this the wayland in 2023 experience