Here's an interesting alternative viewpoint about the Bloomberg terminal interface published in 2010.<p><a href="http://uxmag.com/articles/the-impossible-bloomberg-makeover" rel="nofollow">http://uxmag.com/articles/the-impossible-bloomberg-makeover</a><p>From the article:<p><i>"Simplifying the interface of the terminal would not be accepted by most users because, as ethnographic studies show, they take pride on manipulating Bloomberg's current "complex" interface...The more painful the UI is, the more satisfied these users are.<p>The Bloomberg Terminal interface looks terrible, but it allows traders and other users to pretend you need to be experienced and knowledgeable to use it."</i><p>Dare I suggest that this tendency to keep software unnecessarily complex is something quite common, particularly in the open source community where attempts to improve ease-of-use are often met with resistance and claims of 'dumbing down'?