Wednesday, August 05, 2020

The "New" Blogger

Before Google and Blogger change this traditional interface for good, I will make my opinion known.  Whenever Microsoft, Apple, or any other software developer and distributor "upgrade" their programs, it has been my experience that the programs get worse.  Why?  When there was little space, and I mean memory on a floppy disk at 1.5 Megs, software writers had to be good.  They were.  Programs were streamlined for efficiency.  Now with ample space available each upgrade seems to make the interface less user friendly.  Okay.  I look at the new Blogger.  Immediately it is more difficult to use.  That is no surprising seeings as Washington wants to break up "Big Tech."  They it seems have been a large part of political corruption in the last few years.  Why make it easier for the individual to express their views?  Instead make it more difficult by making everything smaller.  Decrease the text size, and eliminate clear boundaries and helpful defining graphics.  Why not just make it a blank piece of paper?  iTunes kept getting worse.  More difficult to use.  Smaller icons.  Hidden shortcuts.  Why not make the user jump through hoops instead of spending time on more tangible things?  Not everyone has the eyesight to read cryptic memes on an iPhone.  Immediately I can't see the new Blogger interface, and why should I spend any time trying to learn a new interface?  It is because they have to pay their people to do something.  You can't keep inventing the wheel.  Sometimes you just need to leave it alone and find something new.