Bits of information in information theory dealing with information compression are defined by choices. So it is choices you're looking for, not actions. The g

Bits of information in information theory dealing with information compression are defined by choices. So it is choices you're looking for, not actions. The guy's article is not technical, though he seems to think it is; it is more of a sentiment, a way of thinking about a problem domain, an approach. To that extent you're not "going through them one by one", but getting into the proximity, then backtracking (or advancing slowly), and only then going through one by one for a dozen or so variations until you reach your desired option (roughly). It's not as technical, or as precise as he presents it to be, but this approach of tackling UI complexity does give usable approximations of complexity, even if imprecise. EDIT: or, what jcromartie said http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1242929 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1242929