Re: "stop moving stuff for the sake of moving it"
Because people are generally resistant to change.
particularly when:
* the change is NOT an improvement
* the change requires a learning curve
* the change breaks something I like
* the change was IMPOSED and was not an option nor a new feature that I had to "buy a new one" to get because I wanted it
You have to look at the nature of UI changes since the mid 2000's, beginning with Vista, "The Ribbon", Gnome 3, Australis, "The Chrome Look", Windows 8, Windows 10, yotta yotta.
It's NOT for the better... [when 7 and 8 machines were next to each other on the shelves, the 7 machines sold out while the 8.x machines collected dust, all other things pretty much equal. I don't recall which 'El Reg' article pointed it out, but I definitely remember it, and it was so long ago it's become hard to find, and I looked recently even with no success...]
And *YES*, I *DO* resist change, when it is WRONG TO CHANGE!!!
Changes in Windows that I liked:
* Win 3.0 3D Skeuomorphic look
* Visual C++ vs earlier (MS C/C++ with CodeView in text mode with dual monitors)
* Windows '95 [hybrid 32-bit and multi-thread]
* Windows NT 4.0 [even better]
* Win 2k and XP [which could revert to the 2k style start menu]
after that, not so much. 7 was welcome because it was "Not Vista" but I *STILL* like 2k and XP better!!!
Can't ANYONE JUST ADMIT that THE CHANGES AFTER 7 (and for Vista) SIMPLY *SUCKED* FOR THE CONSUMER???
Biting the hand that feeds IT
