I'm the same way generally speaking. I'm not adverse to changes being made.
There are worthwhile changes. However more often than not the change we see
is change for the sake of change and there is a loss of functionality that
makes things more difficult. Stripping down the number of options in GUI for
instance might make sense. However it probably makes more sense to hide
features that only the top 1% might use. It makes no sense to hide the
features everybody will use only 1% of the time. The later makes it extremely
difficult for the masses to accomplish less frequently done tasks. Whats is
worse is that those tasks tend to be difficult to remember for the masses as
it is because they aren't done that frequently. Adding steps doesn't help!
I used a palm pilot for years. It was handy, reliable, and got the job done.
Then the smart phones came and I resisted for years. They are nowhere near
optimal for organization. However there are a few benefits.
1. merging technologies potentially reduces the stuff you carry
2. backup of critical data is MUCH MUCH MUCH easier (something I rarely did
with my palm pilot)
3. there was a move to free software
Now the downside to the new tech was it didn't work well as either a phone or
an organizer. The palm pilot M500 series + flip phone took up about the same
amount of space as one of these new fangled smart phones. The smart phones
were more complicated and prone to problems too! They are slower to boot up,
need rebooting, have worse battery life, etc.
The old simple palm M500 /w wifi and wireless syncing would have been my
preferred solution had it ever been produced. Add in a cellular phone and it
would have been golden. Especially if the features were distinctly separate
so there were not privacy related issues (spy capabilities/tracking/etc).
