My thoughts exactly
Aug. 25th, 2010 07:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snousleScott Adams:
Apple often gets the less features thing right. The iPad didn't add a fast boot-up speed, it subtracted a hard disk. It didn't add a touch screen, it subtracted a keyboard. You want to print? Forget it. The iPad is awesome precisely because it has fewer options
I would go a step further: "Features" are, first and foremost, design flaws. Features are the unfortunate but often-necessary things that stand in the way of what you want to accomplish. The ideal computer has no features whatsoever - it simply provides you with the information you want, with no effort. Making better software means the elimination of features, and that's a good thing.
Apple often gets the less features thing right. The iPad didn't add a fast boot-up speed, it subtracted a hard disk. It didn't add a touch screen, it subtracted a keyboard. You want to print? Forget it. The iPad is awesome precisely because it has fewer options
I would go a step further: "Features" are, first and foremost, design flaws. Features are the unfortunate but often-necessary things that stand in the way of what you want to accomplish. The ideal computer has no features whatsoever - it simply provides you with the information you want, with no effort. Making better software means the elimination of features, and that's a good thing.
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Date: 2010-08-25 08:47 pm (UTC)(…and if bugs can be turned into features by dint of documentation, then eliminating features and their documentation must logically eliminate bugs. Right?)
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Date: 2010-08-30 08:41 am (UTC)Chuck