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  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldIf it works, it works.
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    4 days ago

    I remember trying to use one edition of MSDN (MicroSloth Developer Network if I recall correctly) on my laptop a few years ago. Whoever had developed the UI for it had been using a giant monitor because on a small laptop screen the article contents in the right-hand detail panel didn’t word-wrap correctly, so reading the article required constant scrolling left-and-right with the horizontal scroll bar (which sometimes didn’t even show up). For six months I just got in the habit of copying-and-pasting the contents into a simple text editor so that I could actually read the shit normally.

    I’ve long advocated making developers use the shittiest equipment and no extra monitors, just to ensure that what we build actually works on most machines. I’m not a monster: the money saved could be used to give developers ACTUAL FUCKING OFFICES.