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> Imagine the carpenters were like programmers. You bought a chair. You bought it because you've inspected it and found out that it fulfills all your needs. Th

> Imagine the carpenters were like programmers. You bought a chair. You bought it because you've inspected it and found out that it fulfills all your needs. Then, every other day, the carpenter turns up at work and tries to improve how they make chairs! Why can't they just stop changing how chairs are made? I like my chair, but I go back to the store after a few years and they're all different! Carpenters, finish your chairs. Those ideas you have? Stop having them. I like chairs how they are now.

gcoda 9y ago
That is how market works, people not satisfied with sitting experience and constantly trying to improve on that, yet QWERTY layout is still in use by 99.9%, it is enough to satisfy typing needs and good enough experience so nothing changes for ages.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago
  > That is how market works, people not satisfied with sitting experience and constantly trying to improve on that Not sure if you're joking here, but if not - then no, it's not because of that. Companies jsut make new, "better" versions, market them hard, and are happy because when they pull the old ones from the stores, you have no choice but to buy one of the new ones.