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In Reply to: For Me, Yes..... posted by Todd Krieger on May 16, 2015 at 21:09:28:
"a "lacking of confidence" of the designers in their own efforts."
Todd, I don't think that's quite the right spin. I designed hobbiest consumer electronics for a decade or so in a similar market to ours both technically and demographically. And the users were definitely just as passionate about their toys as we are about ours.
There were several drivers for consistently doing new models and I think they hold true for any product that uses evolving technologies and expanding knowledge:
1. The perception of progress.
2. Actual progress.
3. Product line management.
And, I believe that these are forces for good for the users, dealers and producers. At least in the long-term. Hopefully a unit that you buy today will, overall, outperform one from say a decade ago. But that doesn't mean that the old one isn't still largely as good as ever and might actually be significantly better for a particular individual or application.
As far as "design confidence" goes I have total confidence that my designs were the best I could do given the inevitable constraints of time, money and knowledge. The latter being the big one, every new design is an interesting learning experience and the most interesting data comes from your users. "You are doing WHAT with it?"
Perfection is a limit, not an achievable specification and it's shape evolves. If your new gadget works "better" for most folks than your previous ones and than your competition's that's usually a good sign.
In the final analysis the important thing is maximizing the user's happiness-hours, pretty simple in concept really but fuzzy in practice.
Best, Rick
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