So I'm sorry to hear about some of the problems with Linux font rendering in this article, it goes beyond my knowledge. I want to say though as a user, I have, between Linux, Mac and Windows machines over the years, literally always preferred Linux font rendering over cleartype and now even Mac not caring about lower resolutions and non-mac screens. You shouldn't need a 4k screen to get crisp and smooth fonts and sometimes even when you do they still look like shit, especially cleartype.
I love ubuntu/linux for everything. Development, games under proton or classics via lutris, emulators or sourceports. It's just mecca. My "lesser" hardware performs better than Windows 11 and I am more free to customize. This is the greatest time to be a Linux user ever, and it's only getting better.
There's a lot of truth to this. Back when I was doing UI for a big bank, I urged them to cleanup their frontend technical debt and unify their interface into a more consistent modern look and feel. They ignored it and I ended up leaving rather than hack into jQuery all day.
They understandably emphasized stability over replacing tested components, which financial is often known for. However I think their visible sign of improvement to the customer is severely lacking even today (this was five years ago), especially compared to their competitors. My overall feel is that the site is brittle regardless of what's happening under the hood.
Strategy I've taken in some places is: do not loop in UX or advertise this is a big rewrite. UX, PMs, and some engineers just cannot resist the opportunity to change the UI around and your important tech debt works gets blamed for the rest of the org's fiddling.
Yes, that's a good strategy. Ask for permission rather than forgiveness. A former colleague and I did just that for awhile, and we were able to avoid the politics and fit the work into sprints.
It seems like if the company did a bunch of A/B testing on a wide range of customers, they could figure out if such legacy customers were truly satisfied with the existing product, or perhaps prefer the new UI.
This article is way over the top to me. Eich shouldn't be discredited simply because he donated to some conservative cause once. A lot of companies do that to hedge their bets in DC. And let's say Eich is what you would call anti LGBT or what have you? I don't agree with it but I don't think someone should be attacked for it. Maybe he has some religious beliefs or something. Or maybe, since that was years ago, he changed his mind or became a different person. It seems illiberal to me. It seems the best way to get people to agree with a point of view is make solid arguments and see if they come to a new decision. Going after him or anybody and trying to destroy his career seems less ethical than what you are accusing him of frankly, considering companies pull this kind of stuff every day. There is a much better way to criticize Brave than stoop to this thin emotionally low article.
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