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There seems to be a bit of a recent trend toward hard-coded one-size-fits-all UIs in software. MS Office is a good example - the UI was customizable almost dow
by Gormo 17y ago
There seems to be a bit of a recent trend toward hard-coded one-size-fits-all UIs in software.
MS Office is a good example - the UI was customizable almost down to the pixel in Office 2003 and earlier. But in Office 2007, the redesigned UI - with the exception of a single small toolbar - is completely unconfigurable. An MS employee told me at the time that it was a deliberate decision to compromise customizability in order to simplify the interface for the plurality of users.
It's a shame to see Google making the same decisions. But least Chromium is open-source.
- locopati 17y agoIt's understandable though. That level of customization requires an increase in dev resources, QA resources, turnaround time, bugs. And the payoff only pleases a small percentage of your users who probably aren't making a purchase decision based on that functionality alone (it's nice if it's there but it may not cause you buy something else). So, understandable that they may want to focus resources on more important features.