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Really, this is more an indictment of web based interfaces than anything: users have no control. At least with regular software you can generally continue to us
by RexRollman 12y ago
Really, this is more an indictment of web based interfaces than anything: users have no control. At least with regular software you can generally continue to use the old version if you don't like the new version.
The most recent example of a bad redesign, in my opinion, was Flickr. The new interface is awful and I have actually left the site because of it.
- jacquesm 12y agoThat's an interesting point, I had not thought of that. I always think of this from the point of view of the webmaster, ease of change after launch seems like a plus to me. But the way you put it I can see that there is a significant downside to this as well (and I'm very well prepared by Moniker to see that downside sharply).
- dingdingdang 12y agoThis is a fundamental and very true point - as long as the web remains as inanely centralized as it is presently there will never be stability/usability on par with desktop applications. Not because web-apps are worse than desktop-apps but because users can never manage to build up their skill sets before the web-apps are changed and "improved": in conclusion this situation is the bane of sanity and the course of the rise of the Slow Web movement!