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bayindirh07/31/20251 replyview on HN

That'd create a lot of interruptions for the user. Some apps use it temporarily in critical sections, web media players enable/disable when play/pause events happen, etc.

An indicator and selective overrides is the way, IMHO. Invisible if you don't look, but it's there when you need it.


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fsckboy07/31/2025

>Invisible if you don't look, but it's there when you need it.

so, like a white picket fence vs an invisible fence™ for your dog: white picket fence (not to mention two kids) is so unsightly people would never use it as a metaphor for bliss, why not just give the dog his unexpected-can't-see-it-coming-shock collar? let him discover through repeated trial and error what he's allowed and what he is not.

sounds about right, you've help me articulate what I don't like about modern so-called design

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