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Apple do a lot of things right. But they optimize hard for the 80-90% rule. Maybe even 95%. If you want to do anything in that 5-10% -- you have challenges.
by whatusername 16y ago
Apple do a lot of things right. But they optimize hard for the 80-90% rule. Maybe even 95%. If you want to do anything in that 5-10% -- you have challenges.
Woz wanted power and flexibility and options. Jobs wanted beauty and simplicity and ease of use. There's nothing wrong with simplicity. In fact - most of the time it's a benefit. But lets call it for what it is -- Apple's design ethos will choose simple over flexible almost every time.
- sjs 16y agoThat's true. In the Sculley interview that was posted the other day a recurring theme was that Apple is a design company first. I think that's good. I like products designed for humans even though my inner geek likes to solve puzzles (figuring out a bad interface is like solving a puzzle, it tickles the same part of our brains). Some lament the fact that you can't change hibernate/sleep settings without running a few defaults commands in the terminal. I like that the machine does something sane out of the box and I don't have to think about it. I just focus on what I want to get done. Again, people care about different things. I care less about tweaking & tinkering as I get older and lazier.