Re:Opinionated products breed passionate customers
by quacked on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @12:36AM
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> sure, maybe they're accessible and work for 98% of people and use cases which is lovel...
After experiencing many different proprietary apps, working professionally on both Windows and Mac systems, and studying the principles of intuitive design, I have come to the conclusion that nearly any organization who "designs for 98% of users" is actually just terrible at design and couldn't design for the 2% of power users if they tried. Either they lack the talent, or they lack the organizational flexibility to hand the reins over to the actually talented people.
After experiencing many different proprietary apps, working professionally on both Windows and Mac systems, and studying the principles of intuitive design, I have come to the conclusion that nearly any organization who "designs for 98% of users" is actually just terrible at design and couldn't design for the 2% of power users if they tried. Either they lack the talent, or they lack the organizational flexibility to hand the reins over to the actually talented people.