On 11 July 2014 00:40, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
change-aversion tends to correlate pretty strongly with impact on existing workflows and noticeable changes to user experience and behavior.
It's interesting to read that claim in the content of my "aversion" to the unexpected removal of the very useful 'nearby' feature from the Android app [1].
It's normal and expected that the first reaction to noticeable user experience changes will often be negative.
I've yet to hear of any positive aspects of that removal.
[1] Promoted by the WMF at the time of its launch: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/05/29/wikipedia-nearby-beta/ and widely reported in the press.