> I think what you’re implying by “dumbed down” technology is technology that is made easy to use. Specifically regarding this, I think what the poster is impl

> I think what you’re implying by “dumbed down” technology is technology that is made easy to use. Specifically regarding this, I think what the poster is implying is that all of the options within a piece of software have been removed. The interface has been dumbed down until you can only do the exact couple tasks the team has designed it to do to, and nothing more. The options that allow us to fine tune the software operation to our needs, to flexibly use the tool have been removed to the point where all you get is a button to do the task, and if it fails you get a cute cartoon that says "omg, sorry!". When using technology that hasn't been dumbed down, the development team can often be surprised at what users are doing with it, because they are doing all kinds of things we never thought of. Once the software has been dumbed down enough thats not possible, because the software wont let you do anything the development team didn't think of.