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We are wasting up to 20% of our time on computer problems, says study (techxplore.com)
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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A control panel for a loader that a factory worker should be able to use is as complex as a workflow on a computer can be. And that’s very explicitly accounting for the fact that loader’s or lift’s control panel doesn’t change every fucking day and the user remembers it, so computer UIs should be simpler than those of lifts and loaders!

I design control panels. I try to keep the workflow consistent not because I see value in it, but because some asshole decided that they didn't want to pay for retraining. Really I don't care, having to retool slightly every decade or so is pretty reasonable. Especially given that the tech is always changing.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Especially given that the tech is always changing.

Humans don't. Changing things is fine, making using them more complex for the same result, because another decade has passed, is not.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It has to get more complicated, more edge cases have popped up and the process is more complicated.

Look basic example. I made an uncoiler and needed to add in a reverse override. Why? Because someone one time loaded it in wrong.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

By "more complex" I meant making other operations slower (EDIT: and harder to understand) for somebody using it, so - not this example.