Comment on Updates that don't tell me what is being updated
SouravSatvaya@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Even Google does the same with almost every app like Maps, Files, Chrome.
Google does a lot of A/B testing, so listing new changes may be pointless as the new features may be available only to select few.
Also developers have no incentive to document changes. It’s a hassle to compile a list of changes since last release, and people don’t read the Changelog for every release, especially with auto updates on.
I’d be great if they could at least use an LLM to compile the Changelog
You dont need an llm, and it doesn’t need to be a developer. Devs are more than capable of writing down words that a human can understand, and if the project is big there will be a manager who has the context to provide a short summary.
However all of that requires company effort.
Developers very seldom communicate in a way that pleases their company leadership. There’s a reason support, sales and marketing people have jobs. If companies didn’t need them, they would cut them to save cost.
However, the developer should be able to put down their changes and whomever is in charge of communications should be using the change log as a chance to communicate to end users the changes in a friendly way. Not this nonsense. LLM could do it but it, but it’s best to have it written by a person.
This seems like roughly what I said except discounting the idea that a changelog, marketing communication, sales communication, and support are all wildly different. I don’t want some dumbass in sales or marketing who can barely add two numbers together without a calculator trying to explain that Firefox fixed several crashes in the latest release. Similarly I wouldn’t want a developer trying to psychologically manipulate you into buying something you don’t need – that’s why you hire sociopaths.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
Who the hell uses Google Files for anything but a bad file picker?
SouravSatvaya@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
That’s an example I gave. I use Solid Explorer.
pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Solid choice.
balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one 6 hours ago
People who use defaults, what do you mean?