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by gorgoiler 2 days ago
The press release itself is wildly implausible:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/social-media-to-be-banned...

Native toolkits would use a modal window to make an important announcement. The window would not be resizable and would be dismissed with an “OK” push-button.

The presence of min/max/close buttons on the title bar just shows how out of touch this government is with the modern* world of computing!

The girl is even using a phone. What’s it running? Windows 3.11? macOS 9? FVWM95?

*ie the past four decades of WIMP UIs.