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From: Jorgen Grahn
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:57
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:57
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On Tue, 2018-04-24, Peter Flass wrote:
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> This is what I don't get, with a lot of software, not just M$. Someone
> thinks they have a "better" idea, so they arbitrarily move things around.
> It seems that they don't realize that heavy users of a piece of software do
> things by reflex rather than looking at each menu item every time, so
> moving stuff around really messes things up for your most loyal customers.
I personally think it's a matter of people being employed/
organizations existing to do X, which means X will be done.
An organization generates its own work if you don't stop them
quickly and forcefully.
And maybe with software we've been conditioned to accept it as a fact
of life. That things are always new, temporary and slightly unfamiliar.
Recently I revealed to some coworkers that I've used the same Linux
desktop[0] since 1991 or so, with the same keybindings. They were
shocked; they were used to having to relearn every once in a while,
when Microsoft, or the Gnome project, or whoever, decided to revamp
things.
/Jorgen
[0] Well, I use Linux instead of Solaris, ctwm instead of twm, and my
screen is no longer monochrome. And I have Firefox running so I
need gigabytes of RAM like everyone else.
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// Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Oo o. . .
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