Post by @wild1145@mastodonapp.uk

2026-02-02 13:20 UTC

@JdeBP@mastodonapp.uk The point about developers using developer language is a real problem, I as someone pretty techy would struggle to know what a toast is in this context because I don't use Android or any tech that regularly uses that language. I'm all for there being developer oriented settings hidden away in a developer settings menu but things we want normal users to change or edit need to be readable by the average person rather than needing to know exactly how the app is expected to work first 😂😂

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@JdeBP__dup_33984@mastodonapp.uk 2026-02-02 20:30

@wild1145@mastodonapp.uk I've seen it at work several times in my career. Unlike the relative, I recognized that this was jargon and knew where to look the jargon up. https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/toasts The setting actually is not actually developer oriented. It's aimed, like the "hide letters" setting, at people who know the tool and who can (or at least want to) get by without the visual aids. It's even something that I've directly experienced. Change layout multiple times to get to the desired point in the layout loop, and the names of all of the layouts passed through take significant time to all, one by one, flash on screen and disappear. #ThumbKey #SoftwareDevelopment #ComputerProgramming #Android

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