Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha...
by TeMPOraL on Thursday December 19, 2019 @12:44PM
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There are many excellent points made in response to your comment, but I'd like to point out one thing:
> popular service 'x' doesn't exactly fit my power user need 'y'
Being a power user isn't a function of geekness, or a mark of belonging to some niche. Being a power user is a function of frequency and depth of use.
My wife is a power user of a particular e-commerce seller backend, a certain CAD software, and Excel, all due to her job. She is not technical, but when you spend 8 hours a day each day in front of some piece of software, you eventually do become a power user. Teenagers of today are power users of Snapchat, because they use it all the time.
Software being "power user friendly" isn't about accommodating existing power users; it's about allowing power users of that software to appear. It's about allowing the room for growth, allowing to do more with less effort. Software that doesn't becomes a toy, inviting only shallow, casual interaction. It's not all it could be. And it's the worst when software that was power user friendly becomes less so over time - it takes back the value it once gave to people.
> popular service 'x' doesn't exactly fit my power user need 'y'
Being a power user isn't a function of geekness, or a mark of belonging to some niche. Being a power user is a function of frequency and depth of use.
My wife is a power user of a particular e-commerce seller backend, a certain CAD software, and Excel, all due to her job. She is not technical, but when you spend 8 hours a day each day in front of some piece of software, you eventually do become a power user. Teenagers of today are power users of Snapchat, because they use it all the time.
Software being "power user friendly" isn't about accommodating existing power users; it's about allowing power users of that software to appear. It's about allowing the room for growth, allowing to do more with less effort. Software that doesn't becomes a toy, inviting only shallow, casual interaction. It's not all it could be. And it's the worst when software that was power user friendly becomes less so over time - it takes back the value it once gave to people.