One of my biggest issues with application development is when any driver in the development (whether programmers, designers, or the corporate decision-makers) declare that "users can just get used to this"...
I don't believe you can force users -- or that you even should -- into changing their own perceptions and patterns just because you think it's easier to not include that second button, or because you believe asterisks will "mess up" your pretty styles."
This describes the problem with GNOME project so well, and at this point I'm grateful Android might eventually make those types of desktop systems for the Linux kernel moot in a few years. I've seen rants by GNOME leaders in the past on OS News complaining about stupid users instead of addressing user's concerns I'd never want to touch their software with a ten foot pole.
I can't comment on the literary analogy, just had a need to vent.
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Date: 12 Jun 2011 02:33 am (UTC)I don't believe you can force users -- or that you even should -- into changing their own perceptions and patterns just because you think it's easier to not include that second button, or because you believe asterisks will "mess up" your pretty styles."
This describes the problem with GNOME project so well, and at this point I'm grateful Android might eventually make those types of desktop systems for the Linux kernel moot in a few years. I've seen rants by GNOME leaders in the past on OS News complaining about stupid users instead of addressing user's concerns I'd never want to touch their software with a ten foot pole.
I can't comment on the literary analogy, just had a need to vent.