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Re:Craigslist blocks Yahoo Pipes by ams6110 on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @10:25PM (#971425)
Many apartment/house finding sites have these features: search pages with dozens of checkboxes and dropdowns, and equally complex data entry pages for the people listing the apartments/houses. Yet Craigslist dominates. Simplicity wins.
Re:Craigslist blocks Yahoo Pipes by seiji on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @01:22PM (#972554)
Craigslist isn't a "simplicity wins" situation, it's a lockin-by-failure-of-innovation situation (see: IE6).