I say this because of the huge blunder Microsoft made with the exclusion of the Start Button in Windows 8. Assuming not everyone at Microsoft had a say in the final decision, then I am at least smarter than half of the top decision makers which is even better. I can only imagine how the debate may have taken place. Was there a huge conference room and a heated debate for hours, days, months? Was it a majority vote or did a single person have the final say? And where was the UX team? Did they even do any usability testing? Did they only focus on the Metro interface for the mobile devices and forget about the desktop? Or did they ignore all the feedback and make decisions in spite of it? If they did spend a lot of money on user testing it was a huge waste. I later heard the next release or patch was going to add the Start Button back. Did they actually listen to the negative feedback and give in? In reality, it is just a link back to the Metro screen not a true Start button. Are you kidding me? The funny thing is there are already several third party vendors who developed a true Start Button. They look like the heroes while Microsoft looks like the idiot that did not include it in the first place. I think I could have prevented about 80% of the negative criticism regarding Windows8 with basic UX improvements. We’ll have to see if they really get it right in Windows 10.
Angry UX Guy 