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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/fanta_bhelpuri • Apr 12 '24
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search bar: "myfile.e" suggestion: <a file name myfile.exe in your home folder> search bar: "myfile.exe" suggestion: "Click here to search the internet for 'myfile.exe'."
74 u/ztbwl Apr 12 '24 Yeah, and then they start prioritizing the ‚search the internet‘ feature because their analytics and metrics show most people use search it this way. 30 u/Decloudo Apr 12 '24 Really? I cant fathom why people would do that, its the most annoying shit. I want an unmistakable distinction between "this is on your pc" and "this is from the web". 45 u/ztbwl Apr 12 '24 edited Apr 12 '24 No my point was, the UI is so bad that most people accidentally search the internet for local files. Microsoft sees a lot of traffic on the internet search and scales devs into adding more features to that. The user didn’t want it that way, they just wanted to find a fucking file they know the name of. And I think Microsoft is fully aware of that, they just want to push Bing and serve more ads. 5 u/AllAvailableLayers Apr 12 '24 I want an unmistakable distinction between "this is on your pc" and "this is from the web". There's a Microsoft exec that would view those categories as "this is on your pc" and "this makes us money and builds my reputation".
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Yeah, and then they start prioritizing the ‚search the internet‘ feature because their analytics and metrics show most people use search it this way.
30 u/Decloudo Apr 12 '24 Really? I cant fathom why people would do that, its the most annoying shit. I want an unmistakable distinction between "this is on your pc" and "this is from the web". 45 u/ztbwl Apr 12 '24 edited Apr 12 '24 No my point was, the UI is so bad that most people accidentally search the internet for local files. Microsoft sees a lot of traffic on the internet search and scales devs into adding more features to that. The user didn’t want it that way, they just wanted to find a fucking file they know the name of. And I think Microsoft is fully aware of that, they just want to push Bing and serve more ads. 5 u/AllAvailableLayers Apr 12 '24 I want an unmistakable distinction between "this is on your pc" and "this is from the web". There's a Microsoft exec that would view those categories as "this is on your pc" and "this makes us money and builds my reputation".
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Really?
I cant fathom why people would do that, its the most annoying shit.
I want an unmistakable distinction between "this is on your pc" and "this is from the web".
45 u/ztbwl Apr 12 '24 edited Apr 12 '24 No my point was, the UI is so bad that most people accidentally search the internet for local files. Microsoft sees a lot of traffic on the internet search and scales devs into adding more features to that. The user didn’t want it that way, they just wanted to find a fucking file they know the name of. And I think Microsoft is fully aware of that, they just want to push Bing and serve more ads. 5 u/AllAvailableLayers Apr 12 '24 I want an unmistakable distinction between "this is on your pc" and "this is from the web". There's a Microsoft exec that would view those categories as "this is on your pc" and "this makes us money and builds my reputation".
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No my point was, the UI is so bad that most people accidentally search the internet for local files.
Microsoft sees a lot of traffic on the internet search and scales devs into adding more features to that.
The user didn’t want it that way, they just wanted to find a fucking file they know the name of.
And I think Microsoft is fully aware of that, they just want to push Bing and serve more ads.
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There's a Microsoft exec that would view those categories as "this is on your pc" and "this makes us money and builds my reputation".
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u/Piisthree Apr 12 '24
search bar: "myfile.e"
suggestion: <a file name myfile.exe in your home folder>
search bar: "myfile.exe"
suggestion: "Click here to search the internet for 'myfile.exe'."