I don’t know when to start, the upgrade system becomes as awkward as a cow and a snake.
Editor’s note: This article is from WeChat public account “Ray Technology” (ID: leitech), edit: Bai Zhengming.
I don’t know when to start, the four words of the upgrade system become as awkward as the ghosts and the gods in the eyes of smart device users. As long as they talk about it, they will express disgust. What’s more, with every effort to prevent system upgrades, I even tried to get back to the original version after the upgrade.
What is it that makes people refuse to upgrade the system? Not only is the major version upgrade with functional updates, but even security patches are affected. Is the system upgrade a starting point for making the device difficult to use, or is it a new feature and an elevated key?
Upgrading the system, maybe a nightmare
Based on the data of many research institutions, the average daily market for people using mobile phones has reached 3 to 5 hours, which is equivalent to removing learning work and sleep, and more than half of the time is spent on mobile phones. Such long-term use will naturally form muscle memory and habits. System upgrades are often accompanied by new visual and interactive designs, and go against the habit of use.
People who are not flustered by the early adopter system are mostly disgusted with the upgrade: obviously, the phone has been used so well for a long time, suddenly changed the interface that looks different, and also changed the position and details of the function. Isn’t this sincere to make people feel uncomfortable? This sentiment is also common to computers and other smart devices.
The decline in experience caused by the upgrade is also a big reason for people to refuse to upgrade the system. Whether it is Apple or other vendors, there will be feedback on negative changes whenever there is an update push. From the fever to the big card, the data loss application can not be used, and the problems that are horrible are endless.
Not only because of the sharing of others, but also users who refuse to upgrade often express themselves.He has suffered from “negative optimization”. He was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of a well rope. After an unhappy change, he had his own clear attitude. He did not refuse from the beginning. System updates are as short as ten minutes and one hour, and it takes too long to get criticized.
In addition to the above subjective reasons, I did not realize that I can upgrade the system in my hands. It is also the reason why many people do not upgrade the system. Smart devices have not yet established a different concept, making people realize that it is different from the products that were bought and sold in the past. From the time of purchase to the end of the life cycle, new things can be acquired through upgrade.
A variety of objective reasons make the system difficult to upgrade
After the subjective reasons from the user, is there any objective reason to make the system upgrade resentful? Not only does it exist, it even exacerbates people’s negative feelings about it.
The first thing that bears the brunt is the vendor’s default upgrade method. The automatic upgrade without any hints and a slight overbearing is not as popular as the manufacturer’s idea. Lack of an automatic upgrade process and effective communication with the user, and not enough good upgrade mechanism, so that the quiet and smooth experience becomes a torture.
The iPhone of the early years must upgrade the system by connecting to the computer. After the OTA upgrade is popular, the default update settings are activated. Until the iOS 6 users have not had much opinion. But iOS 7 is different. The visual and interaction of the update is very different from the past. Many users wake up and find that the mobile phone system has changed without any prior notice.
The same is true for Windows system upgrades. Microsoft has turned the system into a service from Windows 10 and provided a simple upgrade to the “old version” of Windows 7. This is an advanced concept, but Microsoft’s operation is not right, but it has lost its reputation.
In the background, it takes a lot of system resources and bandwidth to download upgrade files. It is also often upgraded automatically at inconvenient time. During that time, there are many feedbacks that the working computer is automatically upgraded during working hours. What is even more troublesome is that the more complicated features of the computer hardware make the normal use of the upgrade a few cases.
In the past, the development of a set of operating systems was inseparable from long-term complex tests, which ensured stability and use. Up to now, the equipment update cycle in years, the system update cycle has been greatly shortened, and the test session time is compressed to no longer compress.
It’s still an example of Windows 10. In the past, Microsoft needed about three years to launch a new system, but now it has been reduced to about half a year. It also introduces users and all employees to participate in system testing to reduce manpower investment. The bugs that were able to be obeyed in the past, one by one, came out and caused a negative impact with the automatic upgrade.
Blue screen of death automatically restarts, CPU hard disk high occupancy rate, reset file open mode, UWP can not be used normally… Even if it has not been encountered, all kinds of Windows 10 upgrade caused bugs can be heard around People spit. However, most of today’s computers are used for games and professional production. It is not possible to give up stable use in order to upgrade the system, and there are trade-offs.
Software compatibility issues are also a major contradiction that objectively hinders system upgrades. Due to improvements in allowable efficiency and other reasons, the new system will modify the software operating environment, so there will be a large wave of incompatible feedback after the upgrade. Today’s software developers will provide updates based on the new system, but the compatibility of professional software and niche software is still not to be underestimated.
There are hardware limitations. Remember the hardware requirements that appeared when you purchased or downloaded software in the past? This hard indicator still exists, and if the hardware is too old or there is not enough storage space, the system cannot be upgraded. When it comes to mobile phones, it becomes a hardware environment limitation, and the old version runs smoother than the new version or even has no chance to get a new system.
The last is advertising. The Internet of the operating system allows some interfaces to be used to display advertisements. Some vendors did this, adding ad slots in the upgraded system: Windows 10 can be found in the start menu, etc. The promotion of the region. Fortunately, some manufacturers have realized the negative experience brought by advertising and began to reduce the display of advertisements in the system.
Is there any value for the upgrade?
When it comes to the value of the upgrade, then the keyword “new” must be mentioned. From the system reliability of the new system to the fresh features, it is stated that the system should be upgraded.
Although there may be new bugs in the upgrade system, it is theoretically accompanied by the fix of the old version, which is more important. In addition to smaller, faster security updates, feature updates may be resolved by re-developing relevant parts of the problem.
The new feature is the foundation of the new version of the system. iOS updates several times to complete the changes in the file system, network functions, and experience. The Android camp has also appeared several times corresponding upgrades, so that the device functions can be changed at any time. Better to use. These changes are often implemented by changes in the underlying system and cannot be done by updating the built-in application, so the system needs to be upgraded.
Performance improvement is the focus of every system when it comes to launching new versions, such as faster startup, more agile applications, smoother touch experience, reduced clicks and lags, all from the performance of the new system. Upgrade. On the road to performance from 70 to 90, there are good reasons to upgrade the system.
New features make users happy with the upgrade, comprehensive dark mode, smart voice assistant, more powerful photo, health management, multi-device sync and desktop mode, all of which come to the device in one update. If you don’t upgrade your system, you won’t be able to enjoy these easier-to-use features.
There are also visual changes. It is a challenge for designers to make the system interface stylish, beautiful and meet user expectations. Let visual updates become a place worth seeing in the system upgrade.Fang, no matter the overall design style, animation effects, fonts and other subtleties, have become more refined after the upgrade.
For example, interaction, there was no strict requirement in the past, but Google started to force third-party vendors to provide full-screen gestures by default on Android 10. If you want to use a better operation method on an international brand mobile phone with a relatively slow interaction design, upgrading to the new version of the system is undoubtedly the most efficient and simple way.
Do you want to upgrade, trust is important
If you just look at the manufacturer’s description of the new system, upgrading the system is a great thing, you can get so many new things without spending a penny. And from an objective experience, upgrading the system does make your device better and safer, so it’s necessary.
All of this must be based on the premise that the credibility of the manufacturer still exists. It can guarantee that the new features will reach the set goals after upgrading the system, and the stability will be as reliable as before the upgrade. I think that if you can meet the premise, then there will be many people willing to upgrade the equipment in their hands. After all, people always have a longing for new things.
But if the new system credit goes bankrupt, then it is no wonder that users do not like to upgrade and do not want to upgrade, even the most basic normal use can not be achieved, how can we talk about the new features after the upgrade can shine?