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Jumping on the band wagon Muscle memory is a thing and moving buttons around makes using the app harder. Similarly, I want apps to realize that is not the onl
by nemacol 5y ago
Jumping on the band wagon
Muscle memory is a thing and moving buttons around makes using the app harder.
Similarly, I want apps to realize that is not the only app I have on my phone and my life is not going to revolve around using it.
I long for a culture of Software as a Tool, like the hammer in my garage, it exists for when I need it. It does not beckon me for attention or email me about how the handle got updated. It will not need a huge update the moment I pick it up. I do not want to log into my hammer.
Perhaps I am nostalgic for pre-fast internet software. You acquire some bit of software and install it and it is what it is until you, the person using the thing, goes and installs the newest version.
You would get used to the bugs in the version you had - knowing they wouldn't go away - but the software still had utility and you kept using it. Now I get used to something and it changes every 2 weeks and every not and then it breaks something I liked leaving me frustrated and complaining into the void.