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[โ€“] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right. But the GUI the user is served has only one possible action, which is leaving that screen. The rest of the buttons were set up to do nothing. "Press any button" style screens make a lot more sense. Although I'd rather be sent to an actual menu immediately when opening a program.

[โ€“] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

I get what you're saying and I'm not disagreeing. I'm just trying to view it through a lens of a generation that doesn't have the accumulated life experiences of operating such screens.