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Reminds me of this article: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000020.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000020.html The pull out qu
by Negitivefrags 10y ago
Reminds me of this article: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000020.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000020.html
The pull out quote being:
A lot of software developers are seduced by the old "80/20" rule. It seems to make a lot of sense: 80% of the people use 20% of the features. So you convince yourself that you only need to implement 20% of the features, and you can still sell 80% as many copies.
Unfortunately, it's never the same 20%. Everybody uses a different set of features.
- felipeerias 10y agoThe same idea applies to those advocating for having "simple" and "expert" configuration menus: everybody's expertise is different, and changes over time as we learn and forget things.
- rasz_pl 10y agoPlus there are power users and sheep. Sheep will follow power users, power users will expect extra features. No configurability means no power users means no sheep.