Complexity can be tamed, but it requires considerable effort to do it well. Decreasing the number of buttons and displays is not the solution. The solution is to understand the total system, to design it in a way that allows all the pieces fit nicely together, so that initial learning as well as usage are both optimal. Years ago, Larry Tesler, then... See more

Excellent new Drexler post: when complex, true ideas spread through society, they undergo a simplification process to make them easier to understand and share; but this often strips away the conditions/qualifiers that made the idea true in the first place. https://t.co/27PHLmJmfZ https://t.co/dr1G7Kgyrb