> It seems a lot of UIs these days are designed for beginners instead of people who know what they are doing. I think the underlying thing is that simple UIs s

> It seems a lot of UIs these days are designed for beginners instead of people who know what they are doing. I think the underlying thing is that simple UIs sell better because you're usually presenting it to someone that can't visualize their complex workflow needs up front. The number of times I've seen requirements that are basically sales enablement features that customers would rarely use is not insignificant. Similar to focusing on usability for low-res displays, when the only time the app would be used on a low res display is when hooking it up to a projector in a demo.