Read the fucking HIG.

i guess its time to start posting shit again because this crap...

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:13:33 -0400

i guess its time to start posting shit again because this crap is really getting out of fucking hand

End of line

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:05:18 -0400

as you may have not noticed i am not maintaining read the fucking hig anymore since having shot myself in the head.

i might again in the future. if you feel up to maintaining it give @readfuckinghig a reply on twitter

first and probably last non-screenshot image. this was too...

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:35:06 -0500

first and probably last non-screenshot image. this was too appropriate to pass up on.

thanks, anonymous submitter.

shame on the developer who makes a semi decent twitter client...

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:00:07 -0500

shame on the developer who makes a semi decent twitter client (twittelator) and then goes off to do this. what the fuck? no, seriously, did you break your kids arm and let him draw the mockups? i really feel a bit sick to my stomach now

haha oh fuck me they really had to make a second title after you...

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:00:07 -0500

haha oh fuck me they really had to make a second title after you know, the fucking titlebar, and they chose to set it in this font. what is this, just baiting me to post this?

thanks iamjordanlittle

i am pretty sure no religion or philosophy, including the more...

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:46:15 -0500

i am pretty sure no religion or philosophy, including the more relaxed asian ones will let you escape developer hell if you publish this random arrangement of buttons and stock photography to an app store

first an all blue video converter now, one colored exactly like...

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:44:00 -0500

first an all blue video converter now, one colored exactly like my face is when i see crap like this. of course, by ‘miro’, which is apparently some freetard media acquisition thing

Break

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:43:46 -0500

took a break, because you know who knows the app store will shape up and people will learn from the ‘input’ i gave them. go figure, the store is worse than it ever was.

i’ll continue showing some shining beacons of supreme shittyness until, well, humanity ends, because apparently developers are exceedingly gifted at churning out complete crap

jesus christ. oh wait thats what they would want me to say. what...

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:51:46 -0500

jesus christ. oh wait thats what they would want me to say. what the fuck is this? some religious dude saw the tweetie ui and decided not only that it was good (hint: its a piece of shit) but also that he would do a lot of effort to badly copy it, shoehorning a bible in there and selling it for 20 bucks.

he even uses apples fucking iphone tab bar icons and of course this makes it into the mac app store without any questions being raised. i dont know any prophet who wouldnt come back to slap the shit out of the guy who ‘designed’ this.

tasksurfer should surf the fuck out of the app store. its not...

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:42:16 -0500

tasksurfer should surf the fuck out of the app store. its not lilac but how the fuck is cyan an appropriate background color for a view. and what to think of the jarring use of red text all over the place

it looks like the developer invested in a proper icon only to make this piece of work himself. what a failure.

thanks octothorpe

iprocrastinate has procrastinated on reading the fucking...

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:10:38 -0500

iprocrastinate has procrastinated on reading the fucking hig

what is up with that black, does this guy not know that lilac is the new black.

thanks burst_designs

changing an icon every release is fucking dumb in itself but...

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:07:58 -0500

changing an icon every release is fucking dumb in itself but what the fuck is this supposed to be seriously guys

‘release tracker’ is a mish-mash of randomly placed...

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:22:58 -0500

‘release tracker’ is a mish-mash of randomly placed buttons, awkward nonstandard tabs and a gruesome color palette. sometimes i think people make these apps and screenshots purely to sustain this blog.

but wait the fun doesnt end with logitech how about printer and...

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:48:28 -0500

but wait the fun doesnt end with logitech how about printer and scanner software oh boy thats always a lot of fun

you grab a cup of tea to set up your printer, open this thing and suddenly this sheet pops up, okay whatever ill press ‘ok’.

NOPE. that quits the app. wait, read that sheet again, carefully…

you cant make this shit up.

i didnt post for a while because i was setting up some new...

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:46:00 -0500

i didnt post for a while because i was setting up some new devices i bought, like this harmony remote.

you know what this is? it’s ie5. thats right, an embedded internet explorer view in mac os x. no, of course you can’t copy and paste text into that. that’s a fucking ie frame, bitches.

gotta love the fucking useless ‘how do you rate the remote so far’ at the side there, too.

whats more horrifying: - the lady - the blue - the highlight...

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:02:57 -0500

whats more horrifying:

- the lady

- the blue

- the highlight style

- the fact that this app is 29 bucks

- the trouble someone went through to create those buttons

- the fact that people bought this and reviewed it as ‘terrific’

seven bucks. seven. bucks. i shit you not.

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:00:54 -0500

seven bucks.

seven. bucks.

i shit you not.

its like the office ribbon ui tripped and hit its head on the...

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:54:44 -0500

its like the office ribbon ui tripped and hit its head on the corner of the table and started going into a fit and shit all over itself

i absolutely love the toolbar ‘icons’. also, what...

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:50:34 -0500

i absolutely love the toolbar ‘icons’.

also, what is ‘close’ doing in the toolbar. no, really, where do they get these developers that are unaware of the system standard window controls?

i didnt even know about this until i read about it on tputh....

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:46:46 -0500

i didnt even know about this until i read about it on tputh. ironically, this is someone saying that its bad to shit over peoples ‘work’ (i suppose the color of hard work is lilac), and then proceeds to basically shit over read the fucking hig while inserting a few ‘inspired’ quotes.

you just cant make this up. read the comments for a good laugh.

ps. i do make stuff. ship apps. design things. but since when is ‘you have to be a master chef to be critical of food’ a valid argument?

pps. i do hope i didnt hurt anyone with this blog, its really only made to— haha, really? i was pained to see so much crap on my favorite os and now i cant deal some of that pain right back at the people who cant spend a few minutes on a ui before submitting another four apps to the app store?