Re:Windows 9x and Word 9x at 800x600 resolution. Spacious. C...
by safety1st on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @04:01AM
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It's obvious why they would do this though. They already have your money. You're already locked in. Why would they design the UI for you?
They are looking at people who aren't veteran users of the product because those are the ones who will buy it. If someone new to the product can't understand it quickly, they won't buy.
Does it suck yes but it's very logical.
I gave up on GUIs years ago and just do as much as I can via the terminal. The terminal is the ultimate power user experience.
Re:Windows 9x and Word 9x at 800x600 resolution. Spacious. C...
by rvba on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @04:42AM
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Sharepoint is killing Excel since you cannot link spreadsheets anymore.
The shared spreadsheet model is killing productivity.
Same for Windows not allowing to sort programs in taskbar the way they were opened. Tons of office workers have multiple documents opened and dont even know how to try to unfuck their taskabar (that is still bad in Windows 10/11).
Re:Windows 9x and Word 9x at 800x600 resolution. Spacious. C...
by Sohcahtoa82 on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @01:52PM
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The UI is designed for potential new customers that might give them money, not existing customers that are already giving them money and will continue to give them money no matter what they do.
You're building software for people to use 5 days a week for their job, make it as easy to use as possible assuming they've spent some time learning how to use it. Don't sacrifice that to optimize for the tiny fraction of time where they're beginners.
See also: basing your entire design on usability testing performed with people who are using it for the first time.