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Simplicity
A great story about simplicity from Akio Morita, the maker of the Sony
Walkman: Engineers had the technology to add the recording function to the Walkman and it would've cost only 50 cents to a dollar per unit. Morita decided against it. He wanted the device to have one function, which it performs very well. Walkman should only play
... See moreembody. Similar to my previous suggestions, Maeda advocates “simplifying” features so they do only what they absolutely must. For advanced features that are used occasionally or by users of secondary importance, “hide” those more complicated features. One way to hide complexity is to put power-user features into an “advanced options” dialog or
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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... See more