Comment by open-source-ux
6 years ago
"Applications are harder to use, yes, but because they do so much more."
But do they? The move to web browser apps and the loss of rich native desktop functionality means that many web apps offer far less functionality than native desktop apps. The companies that offer these web apps sell them on their easy sharing capability and collaboration features.
An example: thirty years ago (or more), you could use any desktop word processor and perform basic tasks like spell check, change the colour of text, choose fonts and change their size.
Or today, in 2020, you can use Dropbox Paper without any spell check, no way to change the colour of text, no ability to choose fonts or even alter their size. But it does runs in a web browser. This is apparently progress.
I don't know why you're using Paper as an example. In 2020, you can use Google Docs which has spell check, text color, the entire collection of fonts at fonts.google.com available for instant selection, and so on. But I can also collaborate instantly.
That is real, apparent progress.