[antonyme]

Great article, and terrible idea. Wonder why the UI guidelines were bent here.

It's astonishing how many web designers have no idea about the difference between inclusive and mutually exclusive options.

I see checkboxes used all the time when they should be radio buttons. It's not rocket surgery. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/checkboxes-vs-radio-buttons...

[tussa]

All in the name of simplicity. Eventually Apple devices will just have one button that says "give us money".

[vitiral]

The MacBook Wheel!

https://youtu.be/9BnLbv6QYcA?feature=shared

[tialaramex]

Pressing a button would be optional. No need to give Apple's customers a confusing choice - just transfer all their money to Apple who can prioritise Apple's needs appropriately.

[5-]

the technology is already there[0].

we're just a few reforms[1] away from having that commercialised.

[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3492699/

[1] https://reason.com/2021/04/03/abolish-the-fda/

[ClassyJacket]

That's called a poker machine.

[__MatrixMan__]

I think they're smart enough to stop at: "press this and we'll take your money and tell your friends you're cool."

[robador]

> Rocket surgery I'm gonna use this as the superlative of rocket science

[code_biologist]

I suspect that phrase may be a oblique reference to the absolutely lovely UI testing book "Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems" by Steve Krug.

[stavros]

We've been using "rocket surgery" as a portmanteau of "rocket science" and "brain surgery" for decades, though.

[almostnormal]

The use of that mixture of rocket science and brain surgery predates that book from 2009 by at least 15 years.

[EasyMark]

The first time I heard it was on "trailer park boys" as a "Rickyism" so I suspect it would sneak into more people's vocabulary that way. No idea which came first.