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Defaults matter because they're sat in a juicy little feedback loop: more people have them installed, so they get more eyeballs and bug-effort, so they get bett
by regularfry 14y ago
Defaults matter because they're sat in a juicy little feedback loop: more people have them installed, so they get more eyeballs and bug-effort, so they get better and have better support, so more people use them.
At least, in theory.
- dmix 14y agoIndeed, there's a delicate balance between customization and fragmentation that can't be ignored.
- claudius 14y agoIn practice, developers are usually ‘power users’ that adapt the system to their liking, i.e. don’t use the defaults?
- regularfry 14y agoEveryone might customise something. Very few people customise everything.