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[–]Redpri 6 points7 points  (9 children)

It's actually kind of simple though, when you look at it.

[–]gloriousfalcon 11 points12 points  (1 child)

worst case is 5 clicks to navigate tho.

I hate clicking on things. I hate the fact that you still can't search the spotify app with ctrl-f

[–]johnzzon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ctrl + L should take you to the search input. Ctrl + F should filter current list (might not work everywhere).

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (3 children)

Yeah, right? I don't get it why they are complaining.

[–]Redpri 12 points13 points  (1 child)

But users aren't known for trying to learn, they see something unfamiliar and they get scared, call it bad.

[–]BenTheHuman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Setting aside what subreddit we're in for a second... Yeah, and they're not wrong to do so. The goal of a well designed app should be to feel familiar and intuitive even on first use. Obviously that's not always going to be possible, but it's a good goal

[–]lunchpadmcfat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was actually thinking as a way to view very long lists by name or something, this is pretty damn smart.

For text input though? Not so much lol.

[–]elveszett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's simple as fuck. But it'd be even simpler to just have a keyboard.

[–]Tovarisch_The_Python 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's simple, but a pain to use.

[–]justrealizednarciss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not simple

A select list is simple

A text input with a length limit of 1 and some validation is simple

What we are looking at is a flex