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Seen on the Acer online store — not only can you not have -2 of something, but that “Out Of Stock” in green just rubs me the wrong way. It should be orange or red. Feel like you don’t need a degree to know that?

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iOS 13:

The Share button was moved to the top-right corner in the Share Screenshot flow, when throughout the rest of the OS, it is (and has always been) in the lower-left corner. Porque??? Literally the Share Screenshot flow in iOS 12 had the Share button in the bottom-left. Why change it? And why not change it everywhere?! UGH.

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Okay, I need to check if other pens do this — but basically I was annoyed that the ‘Google’ didn’t line up with the clip on the pen. Then when I placed it on the desk, I realized why. So that when the pen is resting on a flat surface, the ‘Google’ is perfectly angled so you can see it. Very subtle, but huge impact.

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I feel like the status bar at the top should switch to white? Just me?

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Meant to post this like...a long time ago. Better late than never, I guess?

On the left is an update to MS Office apps, where it would show you this pop-up every time you opened any Office app. Your options were either “Accept” or “Learn More.” You could opt-out, of course by going to Settings, but only after you first Accept. If you used the X in the top left, you’d be harassed by this dialog box every time you tried to open _any_ Office app.

On the right, an update to the previous update (maybe like 2 or 3 weeks later), where you are actually given an option in the form of “Yes” and “No” buttons. The “Learn More” button was demoted to a mere link. This is how it should’ve been in the first place. Don’t annoy your users by a) forcing them to choose something they don’t want; and b) making them do extra work to choose something *you* don’t want them to.

Seriously, who at Microsoft let this happen?

Also, if someone at Microsoft is looking at my résumé and somehow found this post — hi! (Please don’t take this personally 😅)

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PayPal’s “Info” icon...doesn’t match the rest of their UI and is, quite frankly, ugly.

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No, this is Patrick.

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Netflix doing Snapchat-style trailers now? I don’t like it but props to whoever came up with it.

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Okay, let me just pull out my compass here...

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It wasn’t.

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Is it just me or is that pause icon janky AF?

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A good rule of thumb to follow.

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Um, thanks for the reminder, I guess?

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y tho

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Go home, Facebook, you’re drunk.

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New feature alert: “Spotify Voice”

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A) that colour B) that typeface

Good job, Kayak branding team. Killin’ it.