Try to teach a novice Code or Codex and you will realize how baffling they are to many. They assume you know model names & thinking levels & projects vs. folders & skills & plugins & connectors, etc. Even just clicking "+" can lead to a flood of complexity. Much is undocumented
The models cannot explain themselves well.
Many users criticized ChatGPT Pro's complex menus, undocumented features, and frequent UI changes as overwhelming for novices and average users who lack extensive release notes or prompt-engineering expertise.
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Thank you - 10000%. Codex is still too much for the tinkerer and not enough for the average Joe. Until that changes, things like merging Codex & ChatGPT, launching ChatGPT work etc will never gain mainstream adoption (including converting the hundreds of millions of free users into paying users)
@emollick You tried the new voice mode in codex? It splits itself into a Thinking and a Voice layer, and Voice does a great job of being a humane guide, while Thinking goes and juggles all the under the hood worktree/connections/skills/etc hell of complexity very well in my experience!
@emollick Features upon features upon features. Does anyone test this with actual novices? You shouldn't need a manual just to write a simple script.
@emollick We spent ten years simplifying dev tools just to end up needing a PhD in CLI flag taxonomy and prompt engineering just to ask an AI to fix a typo.
@emollick let them drift into the underclass, bro. More money and bitches for us
@emollick But the nice thing is, they’re great teachers. Endlessly patient explainers.
Try to teach a novice Code or Codex and you will realize how baffling they are to many. They assume you know model names & thinking levels & projects vs. folders & skills & plugins & connectors, etc. Even just clicking "+" can lead to a flood of complexity. Much is undocumented
The models cannot explain themselves well.
Many users criticized ChatGPT Pro's complex menus, undocumented features, and frequent UI changes as overwhelming for novices and average users who lack extensive release notes or prompt-engineering expertise.
Based on 16 visible X reactions from 32 accounts; directional sample.
Ask a question below.
Published answers will appear here.
