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People don’t like change. Their immediate reaction is often to complain. “We don’t like the new logo” “We don’t like the site redesign“ “We don’t like Swift

People don’t like change. Their immediate reaction is often to complain. “We don’t like the new logo” “We don’t like the site redesign“ “We don’t like Swift because it doesn’t have header files” “What I currently do is good enough for me” Personally, I now save myself a lot of time by not trying to explain to people why they are wrong.

sschueller 4y ago
Sometimes people are right and companies have to go back having wasted millions on crap and hindering progress because they had to copy bad ideas from others seeing only the money that is being made as a result of marketing and not features or usability. Some examples: Apple's touchbar ESC key or the super low profile non-replacable keyboard, vehicles that switches to touch screen and capacitive button interfaces for critical controls resulting in less safe driving experience, Apple's iPhone "your holding it wrong" decorative metal frame, Apple's refusal to add NFC or wireless charging for years because of the metal back, there are hundreds more.
- xattt 4y ago
  One example was QuarkXpress vs InDesign. One was based on traditional ways of working, and brought a paradigm shift towards true digital publishing concepts. Not sure what you could do in one and not the other, but you sure had a lot of cranky greybeards when their shops had to switch, because they had to learn new ways of thinking. You’d also run into the same situation if you had a young whipper-snapper go into a QuarkXpress shop.
- notpachet 4y ago
  > Some examples: Apple's touchbar ESC key The number of times I accidentally closed an almost-filled-out modal because a few molecules of my finger accidentally brushed the escape key on that @#$&* thing...
Jenz 4y ago
While this is true, one must not think of this and forget that one can dislike something new for other reasons than it being new… I dislike shopping carts simply because they look bad and I have no need for them, though I understand they’re useful or even neccessary for some.
- whimsicalism 4y ago
  Do you live alone in a city? or do you just not cook for yourself very often
  - Jenz 4y ago
    Both. Which it seems people have a problem with, seeing the downvotes. I had a simple point and a personal opinion, what is the problem?
    - LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
      The nail which stands out has to be hammered in! BANG!
wutbrodo 4y ago
> Personally, I now save myself a lot of time by not trying to explain to people why they are wrong. This is 100% it. Most people don't have the cognitive capacity to understand anything that differs meaningfully from the status quo. It's just not productive to pretend they do. It's no different from talking to a young child and insisting that they understand everything at the level adults do.

sschueller 4y ago

Sometimes people are right and companies have to go back having wasted millions on crap and hindering progress because they had to copy bad ideas from others seeing only the money that is being made as a result of marketing and not features or usability. Some examples: Apple's touchbar ESC key or the super low profile non-replacable keyboard, vehicles that switches to touch screen and capacitive button interfaces for critical controls resulting in less safe driving experience, Apple's iPhone "your holding it wrong" decorative metal frame, Apple's refusal to add NFC or wireless charging for years because of the metal back, there are hundreds more.

xattt 4y ago
One example was QuarkXpress vs InDesign. One was based on traditional ways of working, and brought a paradigm shift towards true digital publishing concepts. Not sure what you could do in one and not the other, but you sure had a lot of cranky greybeards when their shops had to switch, because they had to learn new ways of thinking. You’d also run into the same situation if you had a young whipper-snapper go into a QuarkXpress shop.
notpachet 4y ago
> Some examples: Apple's touchbar ESC key The number of times I accidentally closed an almost-filled-out modal because a few molecules of my finger accidentally brushed the escape key on that @#$&* thing...

Jenz 4y ago

While this is true, one must not think of this and forget that one can dislike something new for other reasons than it being new… I dislike shopping carts simply because they look bad and I have no need for them, though I understand they’re useful or even neccessary for some.

whimsicalism 4y ago
Do you live alone in a city? or do you just not cook for yourself very often
- Jenz 4y ago
  Both. Which it seems people have a problem with, seeing the downvotes. I had a simple point and a personal opinion, what is the problem?
  - LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
    The nail which stands out has to be hammered in! BANG!

wutbrodo 4y ago

> Personally, I now save myself a lot of time by not trying to explain to people why they are wrong. This is 100% it. Most people don't have the cognitive capacity to understand anything that differs meaningfully from the status quo. It's just not productive to pretend they do. It's no different from talking to a young child and insisting that they understand everything at the level adults do.