Comments on: I’m published! http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/03/im-published/ Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:12:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Design Choices || January || 2007 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/03/im-published/comment-page-1/#comment-13284 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Design Choices || January || 2007 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:02:51 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/03/im-published/#comment-13284 [...] There’s a tension in design here. On the one hand, having more features and more customizability lets us make things work exactly the way we want. But if a design presents too many features and too much customizability, it becomes intimidating and hard to get started. I think there’s value in presenting a well-marked path forward for the novice user, so that they don’t have to make decisions they are not competent to make yet. Then present them with more options when they have enough experience that they can make those decisions. Actually, this approach reminds me a lot of my Ambidextrous article. [...] [...] There’s a tension in design here. On the one hand, having more features and more customizability lets us make things work exactly the way we want. But if a design presents too many features and too much customizability, it becomes intimidating and hard to get started. I think there’s value in presenting a well-marked path forward for the novice user, so that they don’t have to make decisions they are not competent to make yet. Then present them with more options when they have enough experience that they can make those decisions. Actually, this approach reminds me a lot of my Ambidextrous article. [...]

]]> By: stephi http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/03/im-published/comment-page-1/#comment-1704 stephi Wed, 03 May 2006 18:43:01 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/03/im-published/#comment-1704 Congrats! That's wonderful! Congrats! That’s wonderful!

]]> By: jopesche http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/03/im-published/comment-page-1/#comment-1701 jopesche Wed, 03 May 2006 14:17:01 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/03/im-published/#comment-1701 actually, that's a really sweeet article as well. i like the going back and forth between garden and software metaphors. very nice indeed. actually, that’s a really sweeet article as well. i like the going back and forth between garden and software metaphors. very nice indeed.

]]> By: jopesche http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/03/im-published/comment-page-1/#comment-1700 jopesche Wed, 03 May 2006 14:13:33 +0000 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2006/05/03/im-published/#comment-1700 woooohooooo! that's excellent. congratulations. that is a bomb ass place to publish. woooohooooo! that’s excellent.

congratulations. that is a bomb ass place to publish.

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