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Comment by claudius

This makes some good point, except for (at least) one:

   > 3. Simplify your UI.
   > […] Taking away features can be so much harder than adding features,
   > but subtracting often creates the most value for your users.
Really? By this reasoning, Gnome 3 must be far better than anything before, and Nautilus 3.6 must have greatly improved over previous versions. Heck, based on such a general statement, ‘mail’ is probably also better than any GUI email client and ‘cat’ must be the best text editor ever.

‘If you create a system that any idiot can use, then only idiots will find it useful.’ still holds, even though dumbed-down versions of everything become somewhat more popular from time to time.

parent claudius 13 years ago

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