Recency bias (non-derogatory)

I am a huge fan of all sorts of “recent” features in software; I think they’re extremely helpful in removing tedium, and thoroughly undervalued. A lot of our work is repetitive, even if it’s sad to admit. I shared one example previously, and here’s five more. 1. My bank’s website not only shows me the last payment I made, but also allows me to click to use the same number again: 2. The app Transit has a nice list of recent destinations just below the main options: 3. Google Maps promotes recently tapped-on items to be more visible than they would normally be: 4. CleanShot X offers something I have always wanted from built-in macOS screenshotting – being able to capture with one keystroke the same area as I delineated last time: 5. Google Pixel allows you to swap the current wallpaper and three previously chosen wallpapers easily: What unifies all of these is that “recent” doesn’t live in a submenu somewhere, treated as a second-tier pathway. No, in all of these “recent” is embedded in…