Seen this happen so many times to simple programs I really like.
Plex is pretty much the centerpiece of my entertainment system, and I'm starting to get really worried because I'm seeing them start adding a bunch of crap features that I can't believe any significant number of people use. I really want to grab them and scream in their faces "STOP ADDING STUPID SHIT NO ONE WANTS (like building in all this stupid no-name internet streaming crap no one wants), AND JUST IMPROVE AND STREAMLINE MY MEDIA MANAGEMENT!!!!!1111"
The idea of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" is completely lost on a lot of businesses these days. Like I said, the only thing I can think of is that it's some desperate people trying to justify their job. More does not always mean something is better. Simplicity is a wonderful thing.
If we don't randomly remove and add features then the customer might try a new product out of curiosity, so we'll make the interface slightly harder to use every three months so they have to spend hours finding the stuff they want.
I hate that phrase when it comes to code, because when people say it they're usually talking about code that only 1 guy in the company even remembers exists, is completely unmaintainable and a security hole just waiting to happen (if it doesn't already contain some). Real programmers rarely have a low workload and there's usually a growing mountain of technical debt that no one has the time to get to.
But when it comes to UI/UX design people, I think you just shouldn't employ those fulltime, because they'll spend 80% of their time coming up with bullshit that most actual users will hate just to justify their paycheck.
Seen this happen so many times to simple programs I really like.
Plex is pretty much the centerpiece of my entertainment system, and I'm starting to get really worried because I'm seeing them start adding a bunch of crap features that I can't believe any significant number of people use. I really want to grab them and scream in their faces "STOP ADDING STUPID SHIT NO ONE WANTS (like building in all this stupid no-name internet streaming crap no one wants), AND JUST IMPROVE AND STREAMLINE MY MEDIA MANAGEMENT!!!!!1111"
The idea of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" is completely lost on a lot of businesses these days. Like I said, the only thing I can think of is that it's some desperate people trying to justify their job.
More does not always mean something is better. Simplicity is a wonderful thing.
If we don't randomly remove and add features then the customer might try a new product out of curiosity, so we'll make the interface slightly harder to use every three months so they have to spend hours finding the stuff they want.
I hate that phrase when it comes to code, because when people say it they're usually talking about code that only 1 guy in the company even remembers exists, is completely unmaintainable and a security hole just waiting to happen (if it doesn't already contain some). Real programmers rarely have a low workload and there's usually a growing mountain of technical debt that no one has the time to get to.
But when it comes to UI/UX design people, I think you just shouldn't employ those fulltime, because they'll spend 80% of their time coming up with bullshit that most actual users will hate just to justify their paycheck.