the sloppy design of the file saving system (Microsoft Corp Sucks)

by A disgusted & frustrated Microsoft user , Monday, June 07, 2010, 03:30

I could never write a program, not even a simple one. Microsoft engineers have done a wonderful job of writing the code etc. However, because they are expert code writers does not mean that they think like lowly human being such as I. I for the life of me, I have the greatest difficulty avoiding having duplicates (or what at least appears to be duplicates to my lowly mind) when I save something.
Even worse, I have an extremely time consuming and frustrating experience trying to locate files after they are saved. Let the engineers stick to what they do best, and consult with us lowly common folks to learn how our minds work when we save and search for files. Let them write their programs not only so that they understand how to use the product, but with our input, construct it so that lowly common folks such as I can easily use it.

I would like to offer a comparison for the engineers to contemplate when they organize their product: Most people want a car that works in an intuitive fashion. They want to put the key in the ignition, turn it, put the car in drive and press the accelerator and go. When a software engineer is going home for the day, how would he feel about having to hunt for the ignition switch (or the correct combination of wires to twist together), experiment with how to put the car in gear, and then look for the accelerator pedal (or device)? (Maybe the accelerator could be semi hidden in the glove box. Maybe too, the headlights have to be turned on so that the electrical circuit to the ignition switch is completed.) Do you get the picture?

The feelings of annoyance that such an analogy arouse, are the same ones I feel when I use a non intuitive software product. Oh, by the way, having worked on cars for decades, I could easily design and build a complicated mess of a starting, gear selection, and acceleration system- that I would know how to use with no problem (just as the software engineers can easily maneuver through their sloppy product design.) Would a software engineer want to buy and operate a car such as the one I could build? Then why do they seem to think that a similarly non intuitive sloppy piece of software would appeal to me?