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Originally Posted by Faterson
The hallmark of bad software is that it cannot be used efficiently without the user first studying the software's manuals. Period.
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Is Paint more efficient than Photoshop because it is intially more intuitive? I could spend all day listing examples to refute your statement. I typically spend all day using software that takes years to become fluent in. Software that some schools dedicate a large portion of their curriculum to. There is a high demand for these skills in the business world because even with their complexity they are the most efficient way to get the job done.
That said, my 3 and 6 year olds can navigate Windows 8 just fine to do the things they want to do on it. Windows 7 is a lost cause with the 3 year old. At the same time 8 is capable of efficiently meeting all of my advanced needs. That's no small trick.
As I mentioned, Windows 8 seems to be selling OK. It could have been better, but it's not as bad as people like to make out. A lot of the hate appears to be based on knee-jerk emotion from people unwilling or unable to spend 5 minutes learning the basics. Not as successful as Microsoft would have liked? Sure. A "failure of epic proportions"? Not even close. Microsoft is now poised to have a huge impact in the mobile world over the next few years thanks to it.
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Sorry for getting off track. My point is that different does not automatically equal worse, yet that almost always seems to be how most people react to change. In the case of iOS 7, I don't hate the design theme so much as I hate all the features that don't add any functionality. I think iOS needed more functionality, particularly for tablet use, and in that respect iOS 7 was disappointment to me. So long as others do offer me the functionality I want, I don't care that much I guess, but if I were heavily invested in Apple's ecosystem I would.