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Once something reaches a level of maturity that approximates perfection, any significant changes to it will clearly make the thing worse. This isn't a problem i
by jonathansizz 15y ago
Once something reaches a level of maturity that approximates perfection, any significant changes to it will clearly make the thing worse.
This isn't a problem if you have the discipline to simply not make changes, but unfortunately this is what GUI designers are paid to do (and it's also more fun than being a maintenance programmer).
- swift 15y agoYou seem to be implying that modern GUIs have reached a level of maturity that approximates perfection. I really think that's a bit of a stretch. Why would there be so much effort among technical people to avoid using GUIs, either by using programs that run in a terminal or by memorizing hotkeys, if our current GUIs are perfect for the tasks we want them to perform? I doubt you'd get non-technical people to agree that today's GUIs are perfect, either; in my experience, they find them frustrating at best.