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Hi Adam, Thank you for sharing Muse! I love it. In one of your comments you mention: "There is a learning curve--we like tools take a bit of time investment,

Hi Adam, Thank you for sharing Muse! I love it. In one of your comments you mention: "There is a learning curve--we like tools take a bit of time investment, but one that will pay off with power and flexibility in the long run. vim and emacs were two inspirations here. " I'm building a product with a similar sort of learning curve. Do you have any resources you recommend for better understanding how to build these types of products? Thanks!

adamwiggins 6y ago
That's a really good question—I would love such a resource. There are some design discussions on the emacs mailing list about the tradeoff between accessibility and power tool that might be relevant: https://lwn.net/Articles/819452/ https://lwn.net/Articles/819452/ It's a whole new ballgame in the mobile era though. People have been trained to dismiss an app if they can't figure it out in 10 seconds of use. Mark and I talked about that on this podcast about our love of manuals, so maybe that's a start: https://museapp.com/podcast/3-read-the-fabulous-manual https://museapp.com/podcast/3-read-the-fabulous-manual
- eitland 6y ago
  FWIW I enjoyed the manual. Too many tools go "all UX - no manual" and think a manual isn't necessary. Often I am afraid this leads to products that become less useful than they could have been.