Re:Settings are not a design failure
by mitchdoogle on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @07:36PM
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It's probably not a coincidence that fewer settings means less complex software, and less costly to produce
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In my experience it's the exact opposite. It's almost always easier to leave product decisions to the user and add a new setting. And if you have very few settings, your software needs to "just work," which means quietly handling edge cases you would normally rely on the user to troubleshoot.