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Good product design is not based on personal preferences, it's data/usage-driven. Having an unused feature is bloat that takes away important dev/QA resources.

• Tryk 4y ago
  I disagree. Good product design is faithful and doesn't change every time someone does an A/B test
• AlexandrB 4y ago
  Depends what you mean by "the product". If the product is a content platform where the main purpose is serving ads, then I agree. If you're trying to build a "bicycle for the mind" that actually empowers the user then removing seldom used, but useful features will kill the thing. I can imagine what A/B tested Vim would look like.
  • kspacewalk2 4y ago
    >I can imagine what A/B tested Vim would look like. Much more intuitive to learn?
    • bcrosby95 4y ago
      A vim A/B test blindly adhered to would make it so any key pressed quit vim.
      • a9h74j 4y ago
        I want Clippy for Emacs. "It looks like you are trying do define a new mode. May I help with that?"
        • exikyut 4y ago
          And then all it knows how to do is help you install Gentoo in 3 commands