>>> Only difference seems to be it's more inconvenient.
This is where we differ. For me that is not an inconvenience but part of the experience. I enjoy picking a record to play, removing it from the cover, checking it for dust or dirt, and putting it on the turntable. Probably mostly for nostalgic reasons.
Breaking ties is not only between equal numbers of people. It can be between one person with a very strong point of view and five others that oppose that decision.
> UX is a by-product of the mess we have made of web development.
UX is about much more than web development. It's about the user's experience of any product or service, including software, vacuum cleaners, attending an event etc.
This takes me back many years. I remember writing code to display pcx images from the pcx spec for ega and vga displays. This was pre-web so no help there. Some of the best fun I've ever had coding.
This is where we differ. For me that is not an inconvenience but part of the experience. I enjoy picking a record to play, removing it from the cover, checking it for dust or dirt, and putting it on the turntable. Probably mostly for nostalgic reasons.
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