When techies complicate the obvious

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Engineers who design computerized products and services seem to have an almost fanatical determination to avoid using plain English. 
It is understandable when complicated processes require complicated operations. But when the very simplest things are designed with needless complications or murky instructions, that is something else..........My cellphone is a classic example. It does not have a single word blemishing its gleaming surface, except for the name of the manufacturer and the name of the phone company. There is ample room for words like “on” or “off,” but nothing so pedestrian is allowed to upset the design.......

At one time, it was equally simple to find the editorials in either edition. In the paper edition I just opened the editorial page, and on the iPad I simply clicked on the word “editorial” and the editorials appeared. But then electronic “improvement” reared its ugly head.  In the new electronic version, all kinds of items are grouped under all kinds of titles – none of these titles including “editorials.” After plowing through a long list of items, I discovered the new alias for editorials. It was “Issues and Insights.”

I wish someone would issue some insights to engineers designing computerized products and services.............Read More Here.....