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>The only advice I can give to designers is this: try not to add to the problem. I agree with this a lot. But one difficulty in adhering to this lies in our ab
by strict9 4y ago
>The only advice I can give to designers is this: try not to add to the problem.
I agree with this a lot. But one difficulty in adhering to this lies in our ability to process the additional cost beyond initial implementation.
It seems easy, even to engineers and builders, to add something small. But as the author points out increased complexity leads to fragility.
It may be easier to convince product managers and designers of product minimalism when approaching from UX angle: keeping features as bare bones as possible makes it easier for people to figure out how to use the thing.
- synlatexc 4y agoReminded of this from an NYT article [1] about Tumblr: The features Tumblr eliminates are as important to the way it feels as those it adopts. Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital, an early Tumblr investor who sits on its board, says that it is “normal behavior” for a founder to be excited about adding new bells and whistles, but Karp seems excited about doing the opposite: “He’ll tell us, ‘Hey, got a new version coming up — and I took four features out!’" [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/magazine/can-tumblrs-david-karp-embrace-ads-without-selling-out.html?pagewanted=all https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/magazine/can-tumblrs-davi...