> Minimalism in software is achieved by simplifying feature sets, > not stripping away pixels. <rant> Simplifying feature sets should not mean reducing func

> Minimalism in software is achieved by simplifying feature sets, > not stripping away pixels. <rant> Simplifying feature sets should not mean reducing functionality. That is the lazy way. Simplicity should remove the extraneous, redundant, and inefficient; functionality is not that. Functionality with simplicity requires things generality, orthogonality, composability.... Good software engineers eventually learn to be able to do this for the code they produce (whether the business case allows it is a separate question). It should be possible for good UI designers to do likewise. </rant> Edit: I am not disagreeing with the article author here: > It’s not minimalism to rip away the very things your users need.