There's an obvious pattern emerging here. The same "outrage" with the New Facebook, Yahoo! Profiles, and iGoogle? I think the bigger question is whether or not these UI overhauls are actually "outrageous," or whether users are just extremely opposed to change.
And if these changes are really so horrible (or even if they're not), what purpose do they serve - to improve upon a service that users don't want improved upon? It could just be a vocal minority. On the other hand, what's the point of user feedback when it gets blatantly ignored? All three of the sites I mentioned have been pretty hard-asses about users accepting these changes in stride.
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There's an obvious pattern emerging here. The same "outrage" with the New Facebook, Yahoo! Profiles, and iGoogle? I think the bigger question is whether or not these UI overhauls are actually "outrageous," or whether users are just extremely opposed to change.
And if these changes are really so horrible (or even if they're not), what purpose do they serve - to improve upon a service that users don't want improved upon? It could just be a vocal minority. On the other hand, what's the point of user feedback when it gets blatantly ignored? All three of the sites I mentioned have been pretty hard-asses about users accepting these changes in stride.