Death by a Thousand Buttons — From the Desk of Van Schneider — Edition №268
Apps keep adding features, because, like it or not, new features get new attention and more attention sells more. If you keep adding features, your app becomes bloated, farty, buggy, and slow. Shiny features will distract, and eventually completely destroy the focus of the user and the focus of your app. Most successful apps are headed for the even... See more
iA • Apple Design Award Finalist After 15 Years
There’s a strong argument for cutting features, rather than piling them on.
Giles Colborne • Simple and Usable Web, Mobile, and Interaction Design
These problems illustrate a common product development quandary. People who love tech gadgets want new products that do cool new things. This creates the customer demand that gives product developers like me incentive to add new features. Yet none of us wants these products and features to be confusing, to lead us astray, to drive us down a softwar
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