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That's incredibly uncharitable interpretation of what the words in the comment say.

Consider this: Word Processing, and Word Processor UX was a solved problem from his perspective 20 years ago (he is far from alone in this opinion). Quite honestly, I have no idea what Word today is doing for me that the Word I was using 2 decades ago wasn't already doing.

It isn't curmudgeonly to say that a product has reached maturity, and does not need changes. This happens a lot outside of the computing realm; a screwdriver from 50 years ago is basically the same as a modern one. A mechanic using his grandfather's screwdriver isn't "proud of being a curmudgeon" they are just using a perfectly good tool that doesn't need updates.

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eldaisfish a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

not everything new is necessarily better. What i read from your comment is that you take the word "new" to be synonymous with "better".

Would you agree that a "new" TV that requires an internet connection is worse than a ten year old TV that just works?

Would you agree that decades of UI research are discarded by supposedly "new" and "modern" computer interfaces?

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carlosjobim a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Computers are tools used to achieve end results. The end results desired from a document editor are the same today as they were 30 years ago, and 70 years ago.

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tpm a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I can't use the ms office ribbon ui. Guessing by the fact no other modern desktop software I'm using copied it, it's probably not just me.

So perhaps they are not wrong and newer doesn't always mean better.

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legacynl 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That's interesting, I thought the Ribbon UI was one of the only improvements I've noticed over the years of using ms office. Luckily LibreOffice asks on first startup which UI you prefer.

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NathanielK a day ago | parent | prev [-]

The two big cad packages Solidworks and Inventor both use ribbon type menus. I think it works ok for this purpose.

	▲	tpm a day ago \| parent [-]
		Might be, but there is probably a reason other desktop ui features got much wider adoption than that. I understand millions of people are able to use ms word. I just can't work with the UI. It even makes me angry and aggressive. And that's not an easy thing to achieve.