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Less is more has been my motto since I started in this industry.
As for the Word example, I suspect it's because it costs money and people sure do love being offended by something that costs money but expect to be paid (not understanding the people that make these things should be allowed that right also) -
@nblackburn I have no idea about the cost, I assume a decent amount was involved if it took a year to develop. The cost really doesn't concern me. It's the fact that it's "solving" a problem that doesn't exist. BY my client's own admission, the system brings them no benefit over opening up a Word file on their computer and editing it. :)
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From the bottom of my heart I swear the thing that frustrates me the most in this industry is over complicating simple things. Making simple ideas overly convoluted makes me cry.
I mean why have a dedicated Windows server, that you login to via Windows Remote desktop, just to edit a Word document in a bespoke program that is running running Microsoft Word inside it anyway. Why not just just Word? Why spend a year developing such a system for a problem that simply doesn'y exist.
I asked what benefit this has over me just editing a Word file myself on my laptop. In short, their answer was none.
The other apparent benefit to the system was the ability to jump to specific parts of the document. Well after showing them how to do a table of contents, they saw no need for their existing system.
I'm amazed sometimes how simple ides get discussed to death, unnecessary mammoth systems get built, that ultimately solve a problem that does not exist.
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