Adaptive meaning "you have no control" is so typical of computing, so bad.
Especially on phones, where yes we need mass market acceptability but where these kinds of fixedness really hamper people so much. The more constrained platforms are the ones where it's most important of all that we have adaptability & extensions, freedom to use our options well.
On the ALS (ambient light sensor ) front: anybody else out there with a ColorHug ALS (or two) they have barely used at all? Would be lovely to make use of this more, even a decade and change down the road!! https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2015/03/17/introducing-color...
It's do-it-like-Apple disease. Apple gets away with it because they hire the best designers and do serious UX/HCI research. And even then the Apple experience is a blend of sublime wonderment and intense frustration.
By contrast, the level of care for the user and open configurability and KDE makes it the best desktop environment on Linux.
jeffbee•1h ago
https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/12...