Make Something Wonderful – Steve Jobs in his own words

Re:Make Something Wonderful – Steve Jobs in his own words by filoleg on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @02:13PM (#35528937)

> "Good taste" is just another phrase that means "style that I prefer". There is no such thing as an objective ideal of good taste.

Strongly disagreed overall. I agree that there are plenty of situations where it is indeed just a matter of preference and is very subjective. But it is disingenous to claim that there is never such a thing as an objectively better preference.

Literally the specific example we are talking about in this thread - plastic prototype iPhone screens and keys scratching them. Is it really not objectively better to have a screen made of materials that don't get scratched by keys in your pocket easily? I don't think it is subjective at all.

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Re:Make Something Wonderful – Steve Jobs in his own words by JohnFen on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @02:28PM (#35529194)

"Taste" refers to aesthetics. The plastic screen example isn't related to taste, it's related to functionality.

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Re:Make Something Wonderful – Steve Jobs in his own words by filoleg on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @02:49PM (#35529543)

I would say it is a good taste to consider this a problem important enough to address it, while all you competitors are aware of it and just don't think of it as something in need of a solution.

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Re:Make Something Wonderful – Steve Jobs in his own words by JohnFen on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @12:26PM (#35542286)

I think we aren't using the same definition of "taste" here. I think that considering that problem important enough to address was good business, but not related to "taste".

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