I think his intent was to say it takes one person to make that final choice on the design. If it wasn't then you are clearly in the right. Usually design by com

I think his intent was to say it takes one person to make that final choice on the design. If it wasn't then you are clearly in the right. Usually design by committee ends up being a total disaster because the UI feels disjointed. Ultimately I believe it was in reference to Jobs being the 'taste guy'. Sidenote: While the Mac is certainly inconsistent in design (mostly iTunes), iOS is far less so. I guess you can attribute it to Jobs always being interested in the next new thing. In the last WWDC appearance by Jobs, one could clearly see that he was more excited by iOS than Lion.