I have to disagree. Removing features for the sake of simplifying things for the idiot masses frustrates me like no other. To this day I'm still upset over the removal of the Menu button in Android.

Also, love to be that guy: it's their. I'll never understand why people mix up their, there, and they're so easily. Same goes for you're and your. I realize that I'm being a dick but this shit is basic elementary school English.

Did you see the word "computer" somewhere in this image?

So so incredibly true. I provide Admin support for folks that want to publish apps with Apple and let me tell you, it's the wild fuckin west out there and I'm not even talking about the coding part which I'm sure is a hellscape if my side of things is anything to go by.

Mom and pop got an app idea for passive income so they just hire a company to publish it for then, usually from India, with devs who can't put two and two together because they work for assholes that want apps pumped out asap. They don't want critical thinkers, they don't want knowledgeable employees, what they want are tons of employees they can take advantage of as cheaply as possible that can do a good enough job to stay afloat and make them money. These guys know basic code and nothing else nor do they seem to want to know how to actually manage a development team, they seem like they are under a lot of pressure. I personally don't actually code or know how to code outside of basic HTML Myspace bullshit but I do know how to get shit published and I know how to get the apps ready for publishing. I know these things because our guides are massive and massively detailed with screenshots to help you out and yet I'm busier than ever. 90% of my job outside of the admin and fraud prevention work I have to do is sitting on the phone reading instructions word for word or copying and pasting it from the guides for people who should be able to understand the content, but they don't.

Imo as someone that's been doing this for 5 years now, it's a bubble and she's ready to burst. It'll be another .com crash that we'll all pretend we didn't see coming.

I think it's more a case of needing to be idiot proof and provide the correct answer every time. Some people using it may have been trained but they also may be absolutely useless at using technology. Google may be simple but it doesn't give you exactly what you're looking for and all the relevant information on the first attempt.

Yes and no. I did build several in-house enterprise applications and for this I know about this problem. And yes you're right, a lot of the complicated contexts are more complex than searching on Google.

But! Enterprise software architects have a tendency to make every feature as visible, and also making the apps as feature rich as possible. This comes with high costs.

I always try to establish a strive with exactly what google delivers.

Cage the user in his first decision, Filter or action and then show him or her the application with all the features feasible in the chosen context. It is amazing how complexity reduced most of these applications are when you just ask this first question.

Please remind Microsoft of this as they continue to “improve and modernize” windows.

Can’t even use keyboard shortcuts to save a damn picture in paintbrush.

100% this. I used to work at a company that sold software that mechanical engineers used all day, every day in a certain field. Our app looked like the last pic but with better alignment.

People who are competent want all the things on their screen all at once all the time. They also want keyboard shortcuts.