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by iab 516 days ago
“Design” to me intimates an intentional broad-context plan. This is no design, but an organic offshoot
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Someone thought of a feature (i.e. configurable autocorrect confirmation delay) and decided the interface should be identical to an existing feature (i.e. whether autocorrect is enabled). In my thinking, that second part is "design" of the interface.
I think that is something that arose from happenstance, not thoughtful intent - this is true because of how confusing the end result is.