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3825 on Aug 21, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Don't reinvent the scrollbar

We actually like to give choices so we don't have to make decisions. Making decisions without seeking like an arrogant asshole is difficult.

TheZenPsycho on Aug 21, 2013 [–]

yeah, designers/programmers need to learn to spine-up, and make decisions instead of just leaving everything up to the user, even if it's just better defaults, and leaving a .ini file around for the people who desperately need to change something.

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