Re: Don't overlook Simplicity.

[James Henstridge <james daa com au>]

Making things simple to the end user is great for newbies, but quite often
simplicity just gets in the way of the more experienced users (if you have
used MS office, what did you think about the paper clip after the first
two minutes?).  If it is possible to create a simple interface that does
not limit functionality for experience users, then that is great.  It is
not necessarily a good idea to go for simplicity where it limits
functionality for more experienced users though.

James.

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On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Bob Smith wrote:

> Too simple? As in, keep it difficult and obscure, so that everyone who comes
> to it has to struggle like we did? So we can keep out the Windoze riff-raff?
> It should be possible to achieve both elegance and simplicity. Linux is
> already powerful. If Gnome has the opportunity to make it simple and
> straightforward to configure and use, without sacrificing that power, it
> should do so. Failing to do so can only hurt us in the long run.
> 
> Bob   rwsmith@cnw.com
> (If I had the time to pick up programming, I'd help. since I don't, I'll
> re-lurk)
> 
> 
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