I would guess they're a Windows user based on 2 and 1. wget -c works for continuing downloads, and transferring files is trivial with sftp.
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Fun fact we download things with browsers and not always wget also not everyone has an open port.
You're using all 65535 or so values for ports? Port forwarding is not necessary inside the same network.
Corporate networks which ban incoming connections 🤗🤗
5 is intentional. Websites choose what size ads are displayed, they plan ad placement and page layout around that. If the page is jumping around as ads load they want it to. They want you to accidentally click, because that gets them more money than simply displaying the ad.
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" - or laziness/incompetence/lack of care in this case.
This happens regularly even on sites with no ads.
You give these people far too much credit.
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I hate 5. there's nothing worse than clicking on a page, clicking a button and the split second before you click it the page inexplicably moves 2 inches up or down causing you to click something else
YouTube is terrible at this for me, I'll open a video go to click full screen and right at that moment all the sidebar videos popup and the whole video window shifts left and I end up clicking on another video entirely. This happens to me at least 5 times a week.
YouTube as a site is just terribly designed imo. i miss the olden days of YouTube back when videos were rated with stars and everyone could customise their channel font, layout, background colour etc
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I've had downloads resume properly over http back in the 2000s at least 4 times.
Back in the early 2000s I was a teen on a 56k dial-up modem. There would be frequent connection drops, or if not that, my dad would simply kick me off the Internet so he could make a phone call. Trying to download large files through the browser would only end in tears, so a download manager that supported resume was absolutely essential.
I used something called FlashGet (I was a Windows user back then) which looking it up now apparently turned into a malware-riddled mess towards the end of its life, as did so many things. But it was an absolute lifesaver at the time.
I used one called Go!Zilla. I remember the UI being somewhat similar to Winamp, and that I liked to configure it to think that my connection speed was 14.4 kbps so the "speed graph" was always in the "high speed download" zone when I was downloading at 50 kbps 😅.
turned into a malware-riddled mess towards the end of its life
This caused me to spontaneously remember RealPlayer.
FlashGet brings me back haha.
I have memories of using a free dialup internet with ads and trying to download a Worms Armageddon demo of like 11-12MB and using FlashGet because my sister was kicking me off dialup.
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Yes the problem is solved, but it's not well supported where it's needed.
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5 is worst on websites, but "adaptive UX" apps do this, too. It's a crime.
4 is trivially fixed, for many Linux WMs. Here's for KDE. It's less trivial for xfce, but possible. Here's how to do it in i3 (this is as simple as any configuration in i3).
3 is clearly satire, and a very real and valid condemnation about modern web page design. Use Hugo (or similar) and pick a lightweight theme: there are several nice looking ones that specifically exclude JavaScript, which is the main culprit.
1 is such. A. Pain. Sure, if you use KDE or mconnect and the KDE app on Android, it's easy. The Device Connect app works really well. Apple to Apple is trivial. But arbitrary device to arbitrary device? The problem is that there's no standard championed by anyone. Apple is not interested in pushing their protocol: they have a vested interest in making all other devices a PITA so people are encouraged to buy into the Apple ecosystem. Google has been oddly inactive about it. Samsung does the same thing Apple does. We have the Wormhole protocol which is fantastic, but not even the main Linux desktops have built-in support; c.f. KDE Connect.
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For #1 you can try KDE Connect. Send files and clipboards between your devices over wifi or bluetooth.
Sending stuff to another person's device? 🤷
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3 is intentional, too. A performant page requires paying a skilled web developer.
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For #1 you wanna try Magic wormhole. Maybe it's less user-friendly than you need it to be, but it works and there are lots of implementations for different owes (don't know about iOS though).
i would absolutely recommend localsend. it has ios, android and desktop apps and it works flawlessly:
Edit: iirc you need to be in the same network though, it does not have gateway (?) servers like wormhole
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5 is infuriating, especially if the site engages in fuckery like putting an ad under where the desired click disappeared from, so the user ends up clicking the ad.
isn't 4 expected behavior? if i open an application i expect it to be focused when it opens
True, but so many applications open more than once. They open a window that is just a logo, then 5 sec later a window with a loading bar, then finaly the actual application. And each time they steal the focus. Fuck that!
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- Any user input should take top priority over anything. I don't want to wait for your 50 banner and ads to load to click the thing I already know I want. If I opened a program or clicked a link I don't want, I want to be able to leave even before its wasted more time loading the thing I don't want. And holy shit, those tutorial popups that explain features that you can't click out of, and have to click through all the prompts to start using the fucking program, made way worse if you went there by accident and are now stuck.
I feel this.
I've visited websites of legitimate companies that I want to support, but as I'm looking to spend my money I get punched in the face with subscription popups.
If disrespecting me is the first thing you do when I visit your website, I can't give you my money. It's that simple.
And paid apps that beg you to review their app, no matter how many fucking goddamn times you've closed that popup, is a punch in the dick.
the chaotic neutral for #1 is making a torrent and leeching off of youself
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i was going to say, your missing one finding a job in cs.
Dark patterns. All 5. Problem solved
I still remember when my 386 had 4MB of RAM, and I didn't have a math coprocessor.
And I could still get online.
I was going to write that I'm old. But, no, I'm not that old.
4 - I bet there's some a setting for that in some Linux DE
1 - I did literally that two days ago with scp, cause I've had 200 GB to transfer and 40 GB free space on my pendrive
4 - I bet there’s some a setting for that in some Linux DE
XFCE's WM (xfwm4) settings. And yes, I keep it unchecked.
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If I refresh Lemmy in the browser repeatedly the UI text renders in Chinese for a split second.
I guess what I’m saying is that computers are hard.
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