Bentley Updated Their Web Site

Very Corporate. Fresh look. Hmm. Saw a post recently on the Bentley newsgroup about spending money on icons versus product improvement. I won't name any names, but the consensus was that product evolution must take priority over gui changes especially when the change is a non-enhancement.

This is interesting - See, "I Dislike Icons" in Mr. Grabowski's recent article AutoCAD 2005 Wishlist. See, some people just don't like change especially when it interfers with design production. I know, similar topic, different product but the point is the same as that from the news group. That is, "Why change the icons when we need better help?"

So, despite my desire for "new and cool" (I like the Microsoft XP gui changes) I tend to subscribe to that ideal of don't waste money on fluff when it could be spent better some place else. New web page design to promote marketing vomit is not a productive use of resources. Hear me! WE WANT USEFUL CONTENT! All of us will deal with the marketing and maybe even absorb some of it. But we want "useful" on the home page - links, tips, guidence easily accessible from webroot. Here's an idea. How about an RSS feed from www.msmonline.com.