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> - in some cases, whether some features were used at all because if they weren't, it wasn't worth optimizing them. Terrible conclusion, by that reasoning a dr
by type0 4y ago
> - in some cases, whether some features were used at all because if they weren't, it wasn't worth optimizing them.
Terrible conclusion, by that reasoning a drunkard should only seek for his keys under the streetlight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlight_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetlight_effect
- eyelidlessness 4y agoThat’s good internetdebatesmanship, but if the post was “Firefox spent years optimizing thing no one ever uses at all”, it’s easy to imagine the ire that would raise for people who just wanted their keys not to be inexplicably lost under a streetlight.
- Yoric 4y agoWell, at some point, you have to make choices. If you don't have enough developers, you can either optimize features that users are using or features that users aren't using because they _might_ use them some day. If you do the former, there is a chance you may be missing out. You do the latter, you are certain that you are missing out.