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  • When you get a new TV, make sure it supports CEC so you can bypass all this bullshit.

    CEC allows your input devices to change inputs, control power, control volume, etc.

    My current setup is a Samsung QLED, Xbox, and Apple TV. All support CEC and I never touch the Samsung remote and have no idea what’s in the Samsung menus anymore.

    If I turn on the streaming box, the tv turns on, the input changes, and all I see is the streaming box UI. Same for the game console. CEC is fucking incredible and an underrated thing that doesn’t get the flowers it deserves. It just works.

    Edit: imagine your TV is dumb monitor with a KVM. That’s what CEC feels like when it’s setup correctly.








  • I really reeeally want to like GIMP, but I’ve never been able to get past the UI / learning curve. There are a number or patterns and interaction models that are significantly different than those adopted by the rest of the creative industry.

    I’m surprised that, after 25 years, none of the projects to redo the UX have really stuck and gained significant momentum.

    Designers are famously broke. Especially graphic designers. A raster graphics tool, with a half way decent UI, would easily gain traction.

    I wonder if it’s because the project just doesn’t have UX designers contributing to design and users testing. A lot of the UX feels like a random idea that someone had. Not something that was actually tested with real humans.