Disable Google Drive drive letter
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Disable Google Drive drive letter
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Re: Disable Google Drive drive letter
#2Guys... honest question. What happened to settings menus? Why are we taking away configuration from users' hands?
Re: Disable Google Drive drive letter
#3Guys... honest question. What happened to settings menus? Why are we taking away configuration from users' hands?
No idea, not sure if it is the next generation of users, forcing the change, or something more nefarious.
ultimately, "control is an illusion"
Re: Disable Google Drive drive letter
#4Guys... honest question. What happened to settings menus? Why are we taking away configuration from users' hands?
Configuration adds complexity and is a huge source of confusion for users. Google drive strikes me as something that should just work and be so simple that you do not have to configure it.
There does not seem to be any genuine reason to make this change a setting because the main objection is just "I don't like it" rather than "it stops me from doing x" or "it makes x harder"
It would be much less painful to just have users get used to the new behavior than to support a setting for forever. For people who want full power, custom clients exist for google drive which can work however you want.
We see a constant trend where users move towards products which just work rather than require manuals and configuration. Seems only sane that general public products like google drive should cater to this and if you want full power over everything, you have 3rd party clients, nextcloud, ftp, etc.
Re: Disable Google Drive drive letter
#5Guys... honest question. What happened to settings menus? Why are we taking away configuration from users' hands?
I've come to accept that it's just a cost cutting measure for larger tech companies, why offer users an option when you don't need to? It costs extra to document, test and offer support for.
I can't really think of any software from a major tech company that I use frequently and that's been updated to give me _more_ toggles to customize the app. It's always to take things away.
Re: Disable Google Drive drive letter
#6Guys... honest question. What happened to settings menus? Why are we taking away configuration from users' hands?
I guess companies are more interested in mainstream users than in technical users. The former are a larger group that seems easier to attract and retain, they mostly use defaults and don’t care that much about dark patterns.
Google has been following this approach for years now, simplifying the UX in a way that both 1. makes the product easier to use and 2. in a way that benefits Google.
Google has merged the url bar and the search bar in chrome, they force defaults on google search, and not long ago [1] we were discussing removing detailed cookie controls.
Re: Disable Google Drive drive letter
#7Guys... honest question. What happened to settings menus? Why are we taking away configuration from users' hands?
No idea, not sure if it is the next generation of users, forcing the change, or something more nefarious. ultimately, "control is an illusion"
You already lost control when you let someone else store your files for you. This drive letter issue is just a GUI problem.
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#8Calling that an upgrade is interesting editorializing, forced downgrade is more like it. This is about as helpful as being forced to add an icon to your desktop, o well easy enough to use other software.
Re: Disable Google Drive drive letter
#9Guys... honest question. What happened to settings menus? Why are we taking away configuration from users' hands?
I've come to accept that it's just a cost cutting measure for larger tech companies, why offer users an option when you don't need to? It costs extra to document, test and offer support for. I can't really think of any software from a major tech company that I use frequently and that's been updated to give me _more_ toggles to customize the app. It's always to take things away.
Apple actually does really well at this where it matters. Their accessibility settings allow a huge amount of customization for making the devices easier to use for disabled people. They just don't have android rom style settings like changing the unlock screen to swipe down rather than up or turning the battery indicator in to a circle.
Re: Disable Google Drive drive letter
#10Guys... honest question. What happened to settings menus? Why are we taking away configuration from users' hands?
No idea, not sure if it is the next generation of users, forcing the change, or something more nefarious. ultimately, "control is an illusion"
What kind of evil plot do you think google is behind here? Seems like a completely legitimate change to me.