Software that's enjoyable ... software that's a drudgery

Posted by Dr Andus
Feb 21, 2015 at 03:04 PM

Dr Andus wrote:
>make your job more enjoyable. The interesting question is why some tools
>are more enjoyable to use than others, and whether the tool makers can
>affect that.

If I think a bit harder about the reasons for why I enjoy using the tools that I do, most often these are rarely just aesthetic reasons (in fact I’m happy to use products others might consider ugly). I enjoy some of my tools because of the amazing time-saving productivity functions, or the sheer versatility and pliability, or the fact that they challenge me to keep learning about them, or the fact that they keep being improved (as opposed to some of the corporate software, which can take a turn towards dumbing down or just change for change’s sake).