Notices by 48kRAM (48kram@oldbytes.space)

Finally have 3 displays set up for working from home. I have these vague memories, as if from some previous life, of using a computer productively with only a single display. How... how did we ever do that?

Here is Windows 9x and Word 9x at 800x600 resolution. Spacious. Comfy. Super Usable.

Here is a modern Word replaced (TextMaker from Softmaker) in an 800x600 window. Barely usable. Editing space is eaten up by TONs of GUI elements. text is hard to read. SMH

1990s web experience

- Open site in browser
- Watch framework of site gradually appear
- Start reading site text
- View images once they load
- Click a hyperlink to more information on the thing you're looking for

2020s web experience

- Open site in browser
- Wait for Cloudflare to verify you aren't a bot
- Wait for background movie to load
- Dismiss cookie popup
- Decline to subscribe to their mailing list
- Decline to speak to a chatbot that promises it's a human
- Scroll infinitely looking for the information you want that's probably not there since it's all generated text intended for other robots to read anyway