But if it were, I'd be a Jedi and I'd just have the Force do all this nasty work for me. Light themes these days.this isn't Star Wars, people. Less eye strain with the old Snag-It environment. New 2018 interface seems to demand I do it now. English words really do have meaning.ĭid not have to build out my own menus, even though I could if I wanted to live a little on the "wild side". And to be totally honest, I've always been a menu-guy more than a ribbons-guy or an icon-guy. My hands don't like leaving the keyboard whenever possible. Loss of menus, ribbons, and shortcut keys to navigate the menus those choices. Ergonomics used to be an important selling feature, but apparently not so much any more. It's hard enough getting through a long work day in IT without having to increase mouse clicks 10-20% for any particular application that's been "upgraded". 2018, not in any particular order, are:įewer mouse clicks. Sometimes a consumer just has to wait until they get it right. Just look at Microsoft and Windows itself with its series of successes, followed by failure + failure, and then success (think. It's true throughout the software industry. But I understand there's a new wave of programmers coming through the ranks who need jobs and need to justify their daily work, and companies need things to market and sell, and so change is inevitable. Sometimes things just don't need to change that much. In spite of popular opinion or familiar clichés, not all change is good.
But at some point, one has to get back to basics in spite of the shiny new things promoted as the latest "upgrade". I understand it takes time to adjust because I've been working in the IT field for 20 years doing tech support, programming, implementation, and training. Thanks Rick S. for trying to be positive about it all.
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