Regards,
I've been watching numerous platforms change their page layouts, program formats, functionality, page to page links, etc for quite a few years and I believe modern programming reached its zenith a few years back and is now on a continuing downward spiral. The result is lost efficiency in completing simple tasks, reviewing data and information as part of the day-to-day internet entrepreneur business. Many tasks have doubled the amount of time it takes to complete them. Too many platforms have gone to a pretty and fancy look but have lost simple efficiency functionality. Does eBay fall into this category? Yes, as many have posted here BUT they are certainly not the only company to fall into that trap.
I Buy a lot of my inventory online, so this phenomenon negatively affects Buyers too and not just Sellers. So instead of being able to peruse through a 500 lot online auction and create a Watch list in 20 minutes it now takes close to twice that. That is happening to a lot of Buyers so the net result is that somebody's auction is not being reviewed because the time to do that was spent on a different auction.
The other issue is managing each unique platform. eBay makes it easy for a Buyer to set up their funding source one time yet purchase from millions of individual Sellers.
One auction platform I work with sponsors auction houses in all 50 states so it is similar to eBay in that I enter my funding source info one time and it is used on any auction I bid on.
As companies break off from these type venues and create their own sites or use other and newer programming formats then EACH site requires a discrete Username, Password and funding source. The newer programs also require more pointing, clicking and scrolling. So, if I have to update or change my preferred funding source I would do it once on eBay or that other platform ... BUT for the individual auction firms it means for each and everyone.
Then on top of all of that one has to learn the new formats because while they are similar they are not all the same.
It is easy to see how we got here but it is hard to imagine what it will be like in the next 5 - 10 - 20 years ... but I just don't see it migrating back to a more efficient use of time through programming.
@byrd69er wrote:I used Autodesk (and Softdesk) for too many years. Each release got worse and worse. Simple tweaks that were needed didn't appear. They just kept on loading it up with carp people didn't need. Then came those F×]*!!! ribbons. Yup...people screamed for the classic layout. I got good at using the CUI. Eventually my screen had little resemblance to what they shoved down our throats.
I kept my promise to myself. After retiring I would not have anything to do with Autodesk. At one time I considered teaching. Nahhhhh.
@byrd69er One good thing that happened was they were able to duplicate settings from one release to the next. This saved a ton of time setting AutoCAD LT up each time for personal preferences ... and yes, I too used the CUI formatting to create some custom pallets and choices.
I have one customer who actually likes to watch drawing during our zoom meetings on their projects. I had another customer acquire AutoCAD LT and they paid me to come in and train them on it ...
@lotzofuniquegoodies wrote:
@mr_lincoln wrote:
@byrd69er wrote:I used Autodesk (and Softdesk) for too many years. Each release got worse and worse. Simple tweaks that were needed didn't appear. They just kept on loading it up with carp people didn't need. Then came those F×]*!!! ribbons. Yup...people screamed for the classic layout. I got good at using the CUI. Eventually my screen had little resemblance to what they shoved down our throats.
I kept my promise to myself. After retiring I would not have anything to do with Autodesk. At one time I considered teaching. Nahhhhh.
@byrd69er One good thing that happened was they were able to duplicate settings from one release to the next. This saved a ton of time setting AutoCAD LT up each time for personal preferences ... and yes, I too used the CUI formatting to create some custom pallets and choices.
I have one customer who actually likes to watch drawing during our zoom meetings on their projects. I had another customer acquire AutoCAD LT and they paid me to come in and train them on it ...
Are you aware in all your time on here, eBay doing an about face on any announced change or major update? None jump to my mind. Maybe tweaked it after the fact? It's like they never programmed in a go back button = Maybe this was a bad idea??
-Lotz
@lotzofuniquegoodies Considering we just closed out 2022 so for me any changes in the last 2 years that
did not improve 1) functionality 2) were not practical and 3) did not improve efficiency were a total and complete fail.
The new Listing tool is another example of failed programming, it has ZERO flow like the previous Business tool. From screen jumping to multiple ways data (Item specifics) is entered to slow image section it is .... bad.
They were told months ago how to improve it yet here we are with the same inefficient poor layout and functionality ...
