Yeah sorry I caught the message about not wanting to be griping about LJ over in here a few messages after I posted that. I wondered about deleting as one of my linked posts wasn't exactly happy :)
Well in the words of the old cliche, if Henry Ford had asked what people want he'd have been breeding faster horses that ate less. Users have to be at least guided in the right direction .. give them options, explain why and how it is different, and how it has to be different.
Until you can break the habit and the paradigm that change seems like a really bad idea, so you have to make some waves to get them to realise it might be better. It's always a tough one to call, and I never know where to draw the line, as however you do it you always will lose some who really do think the end result is worse.
I'll add you if you're likely to pick this up sometime in the future. :)
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Well in the words of the old cliche, if Henry Ford had asked what people want he'd have been breeding faster horses that ate less. Users have to be at least guided in the right direction .. give them options, explain why and how it is different, and how it has to be different.
Until you can break the habit and the paradigm that change seems like a really bad idea, so you have to make some waves to get them to realise it might be better. It's always a tough one to call, and I never know where to draw the line, as however you do it you always will lose some who really do think the end result is worse.
I'll add you if you're likely to pick this up sometime in the future. :)