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Somewhat agree. Dropbox didn't sell because it had shiny icons for folders or sexy web interface. It sold because it provided immense value and it just worked.
by dm8 14y ago
Somewhat agree. Dropbox didn't sell because it had shiny icons for folders or sexy web interface. It sold because it provided immense value and it just worked. Same can be said about Google, YouTube, Microsoft Word etc. None of them had sexy design to start with but they simply worked and provided great value to end-users.
- wvenable 14y agoYou've picked apps with necessarily minimal interfaces; the only exception being Microsoft Word. Word doesn't need a new UI every other year but it gets one because, without making the UI sexier each year, people don't buy it. I like this anecdote from Raymond Chen on this subject: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/05/25/141253.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/05/25/14125...
- Turing_Machine 14y ago"You've picked apps with necessarily minimal interfaces;" Necessarily? Have we really forgotten what search engine UIs looked like before Google came along?