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> Then new UI has to be learned. Nothing is where it was. Various apps probably had to be upgraded too, and they'll have new UI to learn too. Is this really su
by lucaspiller 12y ago
> Then new UI has to be learned. Nothing is where it was. Various apps probably had to be upgraded too, and they'll have new UI to learn too.
Is this really such a problem though (ignoring Windows 8)? Most people upgrade their phones every 2 years, when they upgrade it's probably going to be completely different from what they had before, esepcially taking into account each manufacturer having their own skinned UI and widgets. Even on the same device, popular apps like Facebook and Spotify have gone through many redesigns, but people cope. Why are PCs any different?
- rogerbinns 12y agoThere will obviously be a distribution of people. But those who haven't upgraded from XP yet are more likely to find changes disruptive. You should have heard stories about installing alternate browsers and having to change the icon to that of Internet Explorer, because users know the IE icon is how you "connect to the Internet". Similarly the complaints about the MS Office ribbon interface are rarely about its actual functionality, but rather about it being different than before. You are right about phone upgrades, but they are far more incremental with only regular small changes across apps and the phone OS. That is far easier to adapt to, than the OS and apps all changing after years of no changes.