Version Fatigue

An anonymous reader writes "An article in TechCentralStation introduces a useful new term: "version fatigue," which describes what happens when you get tired of learning new ways to do the same old thing with each release of software. This is something that tech designers seem insensitive to, but that drives users crazy. Maybe it's because tech designers are more anxious to be creative than to produce things that users like?"

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[ObviousGuy]

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I'm tired of learning how to do new things.

My left hand just ain't getting the hang of it.

But I've noticed that my tolerance for reading the manual and familiarizing myself with all the aspects of a new product or piece of software is much, much lower than it used to be.

I don't understand how to navigate these newfangled Free Porn Sites. It used to be a simple click, but now I have to find the special "Accept" button.

I thought it might be age, but my youngest brother, who is 21, says he has the same problem.

I come from a family of unlaid nerds. We look up to our father who managed to lay a hooker and beget us.

And despite the difference in our ages, we've followed about the same progression from initial enthusiasm about learning all the ins and outs of new stuff to a jaded reluctance to even open a manual if we can help it, and an absolute unwillingness to learn how to use features we don't need right now.

Incest isn't working out for us. What do we do with our penises?

Now it takes a lot to get me to actually study in advance.

But I sometimes really tear into books to learn new techniques.

There are lots of features in it that I may use someday -- at which point I'll learn them. But the odds are that I'll buy a new one before I use most of them, and the new one will be different anyway.

Time ain't on my side. Neither do I have enough money to buy all the Preparation H I need.

That's a pain in individual cases, but the big picture is even worse: by now, everyone but the very youngest has learned that time spent acquiring knowledge in this area is likely to be wasted.

I love sodomy with little boys, but sometimes I think they are too advanced. I can hardly keep up these days!

But now that products are smart, a little more attention to consistency in user interfaces is called for -- or the ability to choose an old interface.

When I buy a buttplug, I want it to *plug* dammit. I don't want no freaky gyration crap making me spill my feces all over the sheets!

Now you tell me that this Linux isn't an homosexual OS.