Re:Trello co-founder Michael Pryor on pandering to power users
by hinkley on Friday October 02, 2020 @01:42PM
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You can make products that cater to hobbyists and tinkerers but are still useful for normal people.
Power users need “user accessible parts”. Unfortunately we often either don’t scratch this itch, or scratch it with plugins on the server. Which means if I really want a feature, I have to inflict it on everybody on the team, as they inflict their preferences on me.
Having the app behave differently for five users is a bit too much of a combinatorics nightmare and most of us will run away from any such discussion as fast as possible.
With most things there is a middle ground that gets most of the benefit with a fraction of the trouble. I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone find it though. Or at least outside of video games.
Power users need “user accessible parts”. Unfortunately we often either don’t scratch this itch, or scratch it with plugins on the server. Which means if I really want a feature, I have to inflict it on everybody on the team, as they inflict their preferences on me.
Having the app behave differently for five users is a bit too much of a combinatorics nightmare and most of us will run away from any such discussion as fast as possible.
With most things there is a middle ground that gets most of the benefit with a fraction of the trouble. I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone find it though. Or at least outside of video games.