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Given the well-known bias humans have against change - to be fair, there are good reason for this bias - I think it's important to give a design a good while of
by occz 5y ago
Given the well-known bias humans have against change - to be fair, there are good reason for this bias - I think it's important to give a design a good while of use before evaluating it against the predecessor, and only using objective criteria to evaluate the successor. Any form of 'it looks worse' is not useful.
- OldGoodNewBad 5y agoIt’s useful to me, FireFox’s arbitrary and capricious changes have angered legions of former fans who either now barely tolerate it, or who moved on.
- occz 5y agoUseful as in useful for knowing whether the successor was better than the predecessor. Without this information, you cannot fairly assess whether the changes where worthwhile, given the inherent cost in breaking established workflows for current users. It's not possible to make a fair assessment without doing this because users (read: you) are biased towards what existed regardless of whether the successor design may actually be worth adopting.
- OldGoodNewBad 5y agoWhy is it my job to be “fair” to some giant corporation? This isn’t some person we’re talking about.