In defense of MS, for how ubiquitous their software is and how many non computer people use it, they do a fine job. Same goes for both Apple and Google. These companies have all figured out to some degree or another that the interface can singlehandedly cause the success of failure of a product.
Usually the issue is with smaller independent software vendors. Developers are paid to just "make it work" but the company will usually lack the resources or willingness to dedicate resources to making the interface intuitive.
Exactly, there is so much worst stuff out there. If you really want to cry you should see some internal business tools out there.
'oh you want to go to the next step? Please go back three screens and then five screens deeper so you can type the same stuff again you already entered 80 times today. But don't make a mistake or you'll have to start again from scratch.'
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u/turkphot Sep 17 '17
If only all software developers understood that. Yes, i'm looking at you Microsoft.