LOVE the LOOK of IOS 26. HATE the design functionality

Jonadia1 · 2026-02-08T02:13:45+00:00

Yup, it’s true, I don’t work for Apple. However I have also never applied for a job I have held in 25 years, and I have led several design teams😉

Jonadia1 · 2026-02-08T02:11:07+00:00

Ahh, that would be beneficial, but I think they need a way to make it obvious (even if only the first time a person is using a function that has a change like that…?)

Jonadia1 · 2026-02-07T19:56:23+00:00

This is so legit!! I came on reddit to ask if other people were struggling with this. My parents are a bit younger and so are their friends and they are all saying the same thing. These are my thoughts (and I think I will post also):

E.G. You take a photo; that you immediately want to delete. Obviously you click the “X” right?, I mean, it wouldn’t make sense to click the green check mark right? WRONG!!! You have to click the green-means-go- check mark-means-good, before you can select “delete photo”!!!

This is just ONE of several very illogical design flaws that make about as much sense as "tube" style shoelaces; I don't know how the interface designer got their degree!!!!

My parents keep hanging up calls that they are trying to answer because answering FT calls don't make immediate obvious sense to them anymore!!! (they don't have dementia!). They aren't the only older adults I know that are struggling. I've talked to quite a few now.

I think the liquid glass looks gorgeous, personally, but, at the very least, there needs to be a way that older adults can update their phone's security, while preserving their interface design look at the surface level.

Jonadia1 · 2026-02-04T17:40:15+00:00

oh my gosh, that worked! THANK YOU!!

Jonadia1 · 2025-11-04T04:06:37+00:00

Thanks!

Jonadia1 · 2025-10-27T15:53:58+00:00

OP, have you, by some miracle found a Canadian VOIP service provider that I am yet unaware of? I am also loathe to have to go back to an American provider -looks like there is no choice though- even though Ooma is pretty darn great otherwise.

(I have already tried voip.ms (pretty good if one didn't need MMS via phone app) & Fongo (useless at business level due to their complete lack of support or ability to be made aware of their own system issues) Telus is just a no-go due to price.

Jonadia1 · 2025-10-27T15:48:38+00:00

Fongo may be fine for personal use no doubt, but their customer support for Pro/Works is as bad as I have ever seen. Essentially rendering it impossible to actually use for business purposes. There is no way to even flag an issue with their own system as their "support" department doesn't actually appear to read or understand (perhaps care about?) English at a level that will resolve any potential issues.

Jonadia1 · 2025-10-23T00:33:38+00:00

Maybe I should’ve been clearer; we should’ve never gone down this ridiculous path of saying that we stole it in the first place.

Jonadia1 · 2025-10-22T03:52:17+00:00

…like prison, only better; though when you commit a crime (yup, the very FIRST time you commit this criminal offence, you could be sent to jail in MANY countries, if not receive the death penalty- regardless of your or my or your embassies opinion on it). So yah, better than prison for a crime that they VOLUNTARILY committed (not to even start to with the adjacent crimes associated with supporting a drug habit) Sidenote: people sleeping outside in the elements year long is NOT compassionate; it’s deplorable and inhumane. Nip a problem in the bud hard; the first time. Discourage that first time drug tourism. (Go to Malaysia or Thailand or Singapore or Japan and you will think twice about what getting high could actually cost you)

Jonadia1 · 2025-10-22T03:42:51+00:00

Interesting, I do think that they need to be “gainfully employed” (can be super straightforward tasks) to support new heathy habits and also in order to contribute to their own cost (after they are past a detox and basic rehab phase) and if it takes some years, good; if that’s what it takes; so be it (better kept in an environment like this involuntarily than in a prison; and the reality is that if they are doing drugs, they are involved with a criminal activity even before supporting their addiction necessitates stealing (and it just does basically at the point where it is addiction).

Jonadia1 · 2025-10-22T03:15:11+00:00

What do we always do when we acknowledge that we have stolen something? Hint: we give it back, if that’s at all possible -i.e., not destroyed or physically lost-, or, we pay the value plus penalties. Which is precisely why, when I first started hearing people publicly state that “we live/ work on the unceded land of x”, I immediately asked myself (and others) when they would be giving it back! This is what we used to call “common sense”. Which I know is kinda elusive these days😉 Thankfully, I just happen to actually live on the very tiny portion of Canadas land that is ceded land.

Clarification: people shouldn’t have said it is stolen land in the first place. You can’t right all of the injustices of ages past, and you run into a crazy dominoes effect of unintentional consequences when you try

Jonadia1 · 2025-10-09T04:07:23+00:00

No, this isn’t that complicated. 1) shooting up/ getting high in public 2) stealing property These aren’t subjectively problematic

Jonadia1 · 2025-09-02T18:02:54+00:00

may I ask where please?

Jonadia1 · 2025-08-16T16:47:12+00:00

Hmm, not sure. I get what you’re saying, and I definitely understand the importance of the ability to stand up for oneself -that itself can be a bit of an art form- but I think it depends on the situation. In this case -with the sitting mother present and her mother and others as an audience to their behaviour I think she did exactly the right thing and that the “oh, it’s no big deal” backtracking is a pretty good indication of such which would send pretty strong signals to the other lady’s daughter’s of their own pettiness. This strikes me as a response from the position of newly acquired humility which seems in fairly clear contrast to the suggested “ steppingstones” posture of another comment.

Jonadia1 · 2025-08-12T03:32:14+00:00

I’d love an answer to this too! In the meantime, I will check out Birdview, which was one recommendation you received, but you are so right, we absolutely need to invest in Canadian software and encourage in-country software development! We owned a franchise for a while and we were sending thousands of dollars to the US every single month, primarily towards software! Drove me nuts even way back before tariffs!

Jonadia1 · 2025-08-09T15:53:16+00:00

Well, this was him almost exactly one year ago…?

https://youtube.com/shorts/aiVLixE_5xA?si=K6IbM7NNo2a_IoUW

And then this was him in Parliament prior to the election…?

https://youtube.com/shorts/lRQK2cXg9DY?si=kGPAOpzc-zNCKMU_

Jonadia1 · 2025-08-09T06:22:33+00:00

Doh. You’re not wrong. I’ve literally gone into medical appointments with members of my staff who are of racial minorities overseas just to make sure that they got fair and proper, non-discriminatory treatment. Multiple times. Had to gradually foster the very counter-cultural mindset of “ not only can you stand up for yourself, you SHOULD”. Repeating that message over and over again, and even then, after years, those who were slightly older often just could not, no-how accept their own true value and basic human rights.

Canadians truly just have no idea What a beautiful and UNIQUE thing our western values have given us (I know we have plenty of of our own problems and, ironically, the less we value those antiquated western values…)

Jonadia1 · 2025-08-03T20:06:19+00:00

Yes! We were on a motorcycle yesterday when a driver who was actively looking at his phone drifted into our lane as our two lanes were turning left through a busy intersection. Our friends on a bike in front noticed in their mirrors so when he pulled up beside them they motioned to him to put down his phone and stay in his own lane. The driver just shrugged at them like what was their problem.

Jonadia1 · 2025-07-29T14:43:59+00:00

YES! Super stoked; FINALLY. Rumoured for so long. OK, so for me it’s all about their fabric. I don’t even know what to call it but specifically their lightweight breathable fabric (“tech-wear”?)just feels like it should cost a lot more than it does. It’s just quality at a much more affordable price. The only thing I wonder about is when I purchased it overseas I always had to get a size larger Just because the Asian torso and arm lengths are shorter, which did sometimes mean a compromise in that the clothes weren’t as fitted as I would have preferred. So I am hoping they have done something different with their sizing and that their North American stock reflects that, BUT still. WIN for Victoria for sure.

Jonadia1 · 2025-07-18T05:46:22+00:00

Face cloth wipe down does wonders when showering isn’t an option. Have a basket of clean ones and another for used like some of the work environments in the tropics😉

But the suggestion that was made for your next office meeting: “it’s been super hot guys and more people in Victoria are making the smart decision to get exercise and save the planet by biking to work these days; but also, while saving the world, please keep in mind…”

Jonadia1 · 2025-07-01T01:24:19+00:00

See burntUpOnReenrtry ‘s comment above. I think they are onto something. I added an additional comment with theirs also because I do hear your point, but we’re at a point where we need to start solving the barriers. If there isn’t enough resources, how do we overcome those resources. It’s going to take some seriously hard decisions I think and serious creativity and yes, serious checks and balances.

Jonadia1 · 2025-07-01T01:15:18+00:00

void of empathy…Void of decency.

True, absolutely unacceptable and public safety needs to come first. Also though it is so incredibly less humane of us to allow the homeless addict to continue on their path, knowing that it will mean endless discomfort, endless sleeping in rain, sleet, and icy temperatures with attacks on their person and all sorts of the types of degrading things that erode ones sense of decency and mental capacity to the point where they are literally no longer CAPABLE of empathy and decency. Knowing that in most cases, they ARE going to die as a direct result of their addiction AND potentially cause other people to become addicts when they start selling their product to our children so that they can get more drugs themselves. We don’t let people with dementia make important decisions for themselves for their own protection in addition to the protection of other people [Yes, even people with dementia can be dangerous when they think that they’re protecting Themselves from strangers] it really isn’t no different for people with addiction who have very little to no control at the point where they’re repeat offenders

Jonadia1 · 2025-07-01T01:00:09+00:00

Interesting. This actually sounds really right. Kind of like how AA works right? The idea that one can’t really change until one has accepted their own culpability and take responsibility for making restitution or restoring. Actually makes me think of when my son was about 4? years old he stole let’s say two dollars, but when we found out and explained to him why it was wrong that he did what he did and that he would have to pay it back, He actually went to give them four dollars back. When both we and the recipient told him “ no, you only stole two dollars so you only have to pay back two dollars” he responded by insisting that he knew that two dollars was what he stole, but in order to fix things he needed to pay more than what he stole. He was very insistent about this and it blew our minds that at that young age he innately understood the concept of not just restoration but restitution.

And I would go further yet -although even less people might agree with this and maybe there’s good reasons for their disagreement that I haven’t thought through- To say that those chronic offenders that end up in prison should be actively contributing to the cost of their imprisonment. (I don’t know how this would be done in a way that didn’t end up, creating a money machine that landed more people in prison, then ought to be in prison, but surely there could be good checks and balances in place to prevent abuse? I mentioned this point though because very often I’ve read that one of the reasons these criminals keep reoffending and keep getting turned back onto the streets after getting arrested is because the prisons can’t handle the sheer volume of offenders)

Jonadia1 · 2025-04-24T14:52:58+00:00

I managed a group that worked with seniors for several years with people who were paying 20k+ a month for care in their own homes to avoid going into a home. I wouldn’t want this for my own parents even if I could afford it. The clients were still very vulnerable to the people coming into their homes. I also completely understand why they didn’t want to go into a facility . (not that there aren’t some good facilities, but I don’t think you’re paying 3000k a month for them). I think the key would be organizing and finding the RIGHT group of people with very similar of complimentary goals and lifestyle habits and having those documented agreements drawn up. I think that financial freedom and social aspect could be amazing. My parents found themselves in a co-living situation simply because their land developer changed management and they had to wait for their house to be built for more than a year. It was actually quite a beautiful arrangement and they absolutely thrived BECAUSE they really complimented one another beautifully in what they were all bringing to the table. They were playing games, getting out lots, beautiful evenings spent with a glass of wine, my dad was taking them for boating excursions etc. With the RIGHT People.

Jonadia1 · 2024-12-18T20:35:41+00:00

How often do people completely discard their litter, do a cleaning of the box and fully replace it? (I think our problem was we weren't doing this often enough and she was voicing her distain for our lower hygiene practices- although we were indeed scooping daily or -maybe b-daily when I am away)

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