“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
The classic idiom above is wise and well-known, yet it sometimes seems to never be considered by one of the richest and most innovative industries in the world.
In this special feature, you are presented with five case studies: Starting with Microsoft, covering their series of Windows operating systems (OS) plus its latest number 11. We then move on to creative app powerhouse Adobe followed by another world-famous company, maker of the wireless mouse you cannot use while charging — Apple — moving onto entire industries; finding the same concerning patterns in gaming and social media too.
It is true that most technology starts off more rudimentary and less convenient, while development over time increases its power, ease-of-use, aesthetics or even ergonomics. However once a design reaches its peak of functionality, power and elegance, technology companies decide to toss out the old adage; continuing to create new features, new design choices, even reducing key features after necessary.
They often opt for using newer advances in core technology in ways that are less useful for the professional user than older, less advanced nor powerful technology, yet that had gotten all the details right. This gets to a point it becomes no…
