[Bear_in_RoseBear]

The problem isn't computer engineers or even designers, imho... the problem is the sales & marketing people who think that every new model must have dozens of new features in order to justify the title of "new" (and to justify the inflated prices that management wants to charge!)

[blastdad51]

“every new model must have dozens of new features “...rampant featuritis. I hate it.

[kitkat]

***The problem isn’t computer engineers or even designers, imho... the problem is the sales & marketing people who think that every new model must have dozens of new features in order to justify the title of “new” (and to justify the inflated prices that management wants to charge!)***

And the fact that with computers they change things so fast they can’t write the instruction books, print them, and distribute them fast enough to keep up with the changes. And when’s the last time you actually got a user’s manual with a new computer?

[sig226]

I agree with you completely. I had an old, old copy of WordPerfect that worked perfectly and was instinctive in use. One day I replaced it with the upgraded version, since the upgrade must be better.

What a load of crap. It took me a day to figure out how to make it stop reformatting everything that I wrote, and how to make it perform a simple task like writing a letter without turning it into a web page or a Powerpoint presentation.