[TYPO3-hci] The Paradox of Choice

[Kasper Skårhøj]

<snip>
This highlights a style of software design shared by Microsoft and  
the open source movement, in both cases driven by a desire for  
consensus and for "Making Everybody Happy," ...
</snip>

I agree.

I love my mac because they have made so many (even good!) choices for  
me already. I "hate" Open Source software that I'm not a super user  
of for being too complex (Yes, I know how ironic that is, but it  
doesn't make me lower my ambitions for TYPO3 which - after all - I'm  
a super user of!).


<snip>
but it's based on the misconceived notion that lots of choices make  
people happy, which we really need to rethink.
</snip>

Not in my case. It's based on the "easy way out". During software  
development you come up with new ideas to substitute old ones.  
Dilemma is; a) which one to keep or b) both chosen by an option.

Its much easier to implement an "option": You don't have to spend  
brain-power on figuring out a winner - something you know you will  
fail at doing and you are not looking forward to a long debate later  
about whether the one or the other way is best. So you just leave it  
an "option" to shut them up...

I'm just explaining why, not saying it is good.

- kasper





On Nov 27, 2006, at 21:00 , Bas v.d. Wiel wrote:

> Hi list,
> Many of you probably already saw this, but still I think it's worth
> reading. It's a blog article on the way Windows Vista's shutdown  
> menu is
> organized. Looking at TYPO3 in its present form, I think there are
> lessons to be learned here.. ;-))
>
> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/11/21.html
>
> Bas
>
> PS. I missed a few days of traffic. Any news on the survey yet? I'm
> ready to start bugging our users with it! ;-)
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