Yes, it's a fully-functional date picker and also deviously, wildly, uncomfortably outside of aesthetic norms. Also, there's a lots of fun, invalid combinations of input outside of the usual "February 30th" shenanigans.
Why yes, that's my birthday: the 32nd of Septunepril. What's the problem?
I understand that bad ui is a fun meme and all, but how did this one even cross their mind as an idea for a bad UI? This is a new level of convoluted I would not have even considered.
This gives the following 9 ngram frequencies greater than 1:
ary uar uary emb embe ember mbe mber ber
2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4
As you can see two longest most common motifs are "em-ber" and "uar-y"
Using this I propose the following graph
::: spoiler Mermaid
stateDiagram
direction LR
sept --> em
nov --> em
dec --> em
em --> ber
oc --> to
to --> ber
feb --> uar
uar --> y
jan --> uar
ju --> ne
ju --> l
l --> y
ma --> r
ma --> y
r --> ch
a --> p
p --> r
r --> il
a --> u
u --> gust
We can clearly see that this design is silly, because it allows for so many invalid states. Yet when we represent some type, let's say in Java, were so often forced to do this exact same thing. Have variables in a container of which only a certain combination is valid. And then have at most a comment saying "this number is only valid if X is also set" or "if the validity boolean is true". Luckily Java finally has some ability for the so-called sum types now, just like Haskell's data types or Rust's enum types. Imo any language should have this.
Having data dependent on each other in a type means that either you have redundant data (so one of the fields should be computed) or that your container tries to be too generic (you should in this case prefer an 'Apple' class over a 'Fruit' class with an enum field 'Type')
this is how my apps look when I try optimising them, just to gut them of all its usability because 'why have an array of values if I can reuse this string or integer' like a fucking idiot
Ask your doctor if Moctopril™ is right for you!
My insurance won't cover it so I have to take Novemugust...
Novemugust is what I’ve been feeling since last November.
Jocktober
Jocktober is a workout month. Gotta get fit for my costume.
This is disgusting. Who enters dates in month/day/year order?
That’s just adding salt to the would
How do you see that and this is your reaction?
Because I'm not used to entering dates in month/day/year order.
Neither am I but much less am I used to the day starting at 0
Decay is my favourite month
I think of this moment probably once a month and I don't know how to make it stop.
https://feddit.dk/comment/15559453 ?
You linking that also-fantastic post is one of the funniest things I’ve seen all day. Well done! I laughed my ass off.
j'october
Tu as october
Il elle on a october
october
j'octobe
tu octobes
il/elle/on octobe
nous octobons
vous octobez
ils/elles octobent
I was born in _arch, btw.
Wake me up when Septempril ends
Sounds like a medicine I shouldn't take before asking my doctor if it's right for me.
Like my father's come and past, 1900 years has gone so fast!
Hmm. A bit redundant.
[ j ] [ uly ] [ y ]
Shoulda just been [ ul ].
The blank options solve that
I'm not saying it doesn't work. I'm saying it's not good.
Almost perfect. 0/10
Best CAPTCHA ever!
I, too, was born in Septulyber.
I use febr a rch btw
You know about neo-pronouns, get ready for neo-months
I unironically love this. Of course it isn't practical in the least, but I love it.
12 options as 21. At least it counts as lines of code for a performance review
Managust, the manliest of months.
Novemy showers bring Septanugust flowers.
At least that's what my grandma would say.
febroctorch has the best weather in Argentina on Tuesdays
Might be a decent way to sort out bots, actually.
Febroctobus
It's basically the UI equivalent of this:
Yes, it's a fully-functional date picker and also deviously, wildly, uncomfortably outside of aesthetic norms. Also, there's a lots of fun, invalid combinations of input outside of the usual "February 30th" shenanigans.
This is a repost from last japril.
Decoctorch sounds kind of cool though. Anyone up for some calendar reform?
Napoleon intensifies
God, always. Nothing about our current calendar is working for me.
For a truly peak UI make the text very light gray on a white background, in the thinnest font possible.
I was bowm in Novemy :3
UwU
at least no bot will solve this
What, you werent born on Mapril 0, 1901?
The zeroth of March is not uncommonly used, to mean the last of February whether it's the 28th or 29th
Funny month names are all well and good, but the only ones you can actually spell here are:
January, March, May, September, November, and December.
Otherwise, it's
Febranuary, Japril, Juney, Julyber, Maugust, and Moctober
I think you can use the white space so it's "[ ]april"
Kinda true. If the whitespace from the top row doesn't get removed, you are left with "febr uary".
With white space you can make every month
It's 12, looks good to me.
I understand that bad ui is a fun meme and all, but how did this one even cross their mind as an idea for a bad UI? This is a new level of convoluted I would not have even considered.
My guess: someone messed up trying to split an array and split a string from it and hilarity ensued.
It's too unregular and too good to be a coincidence. Unless they threw an algorithm on it that was intended for whatever
To be clear, I don't think the choices are a coincidence; I think the general idea is one.
Joctopril, novel ACE inhibitor, new and improved!
I saw decapril, thought the exact same thing
Finally I can input my birthday of Jempril 0 without having to use a keyboard!
Genuine Question:
if you could split the month names into 3, how would you split them to maximise their choice overlap?
I assume the post is the maximum. I wonder if there is an algorithm for that
hierarchical letter clustering would be my guess, or graph-based clustering using ngrams of 2-4 as nodes and maximising for connections.
Or using an optimized Regex and printing out the DFA?
Edit: Quick N-gram analysis (min=3, max=num letters in that month)
:::spoiler R-code
:::
This gives the following 9 ngram frequencies greater than 1:
As you can see two longest most common motifs are "em-ber" and "uar-y"
Using this I propose the following graph
::: spoiler Mermaid
:::
Thanks for saving me time, my head was already spinning on the previous comment but you made it stop.
I'm really disappointed by June, April and August. Without these months, everything would be so neat and orderly
Freaking romans with their gods and emperors, they couldn't go from unember to duodecember
Interestingly
are the only two hallucinations, everything else is always a legit month
m'ugust
My wife and I always wanted a joctober baby...
This is beautiful. Especially if it filters the available selections based on what is selected in the previous column.
"Lousy Smarch Weather"
'Do Not Touch -Willie'
"Hey, good advice!"
I sure hope that 190 slider is also logarithmic
Captchas are really getting out of hand.
Septoctougust
Munepril babies always end up junkies and deculyuary babies as priests
Every single one so far.
Joctober and Novemy sound fun!
MOCTOUARY
Why yes I am a Jaber baby how did you know
deculyugust
M' arch btw
any
Febrauary?
"Feb"+""+"uary"
For that matter, August has to use a blank in the first position as well
🎶Tell my girl I will be gone by Septuneugust🎶
https://programming.dev/c/bad_ui_battles
We can clearly see that this design is silly, because it allows for so many invalid states. Yet when we represent some type, let's say in Java, were so often forced to do this exact same thing. Have variables in a container of which only a certain combination is valid. And then have at most a comment saying "this number is only valid if X is also set" or "if the validity boolean is true". Luckily Java finally has some ability for the so-called sum types now, just like Haskell's data types or Rust's enum types. Imo any language should have this.
Having data dependent on each other in a type means that either you have redundant data (so one of the fields should be computed) or that your container tries to be too generic (you should in this case prefer an 'Apple' class over a 'Fruit' class with an enum field 'Type')
I love the month of Jay
Yeah baby I'm a scorpanceitarius
septuneuary
disappointed that july is not split into ju/l/y (similarly, ju/ne
What happens if you accidentally click something in the third box for July?
Edit: nm, I see the blanks as the first option
Julyuary
They can't even align the goddam controls smdh
Febrempril, sounds like a Tolkien character.
Why is the first part of October in the second box?
Now I want to see an infographic about the common parts of each of the months
febr//uary skips the second box, so I think they aimed to have an equal number of options in each column.
That's dumb... Why not separate both in 3, o-cto-ber and fe-bru-ary? This is bad, but in ways I find unacceptable.
Are you asking for sanity in this abomination?
this is how my apps look when I try optimising them, just to gut them of all its usability because 'why have an array of values if I can reuse this string or integer' like a fucking idiot
day 0
Manuary
[email protected]
Febranber. Those who know, remember.