> They also fired their entire technical documentation team.
Explains why I, when I tried to use the new Clipchamp app, I first had to look for the docs because what should have been obvious wasn't obvious
... and when I find the docs
- they are translated (which is bad because it makes it harder to search in online resources when you have to guess what the concepts are called in English)
- and it is impossible to change language
- and navigation is so badly broken that the only way to navigate reliably between pages is to scroll to the top of the one you are currently on, find the link tree and choose another
- oh, and the translations are hilariously bad: "to share" (as in sharing, which in my language is "å dele" or "deling") was consistently translated as "a share" (as in stocks, which in my language is "aksje"). As someone who knows English reasonably well and will even sometimes translate it is easily enough to understand, but really really jarring for me and probably not understandable for someone who doesn't understand English and needs translations.
They seem to be going cloud only even on the desktop.
I tried to use the built-in video editor in Windows 10, and it told me to start using Clipchamp instead. A few clicks later the new program was installed and running, and before I could do anything it asked for my name. This is normal in many office programs that want to embed author info in metadata, so I entered it without any hesitation. A few seconds later a new email pops up in my inbox - I apparently had signed up to an online video editor service using my Microsoft account without knowledge.
> They also fired their entire technical documentation team.
Explains why I, when I tried to use the new Clipchamp app, I first had to look for the docs because what should have been obvious wasn't obvious
... and when I find the docs
- they are translated (which is bad because it makes it harder to search in online resources when you have to guess what the concepts are called in English)
- and it is impossible to change language
- and navigation is so badly broken that the only way to navigate reliably between pages is to scroll to the top of the one you are currently on, find the link tree and choose another
- oh, and the translations are hilariously bad: "to share" (as in sharing, which in my language is "å dele" or "deling") was consistently translated as "a share" (as in stocks, which in my language is "aksje"). As someone who knows English reasonably well and will even sometimes translate it is easily enough to understand, but really really jarring for me and probably not understandable for someone who doesn't understand English and needs translations.