Comments on: Features Suck http://blog.acmelab.org/2006/02/28/features-suck/ random noises emanating from the boston area Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:14:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Don Lapre http://blog.acmelab.org/2006/02/28/features-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-3739 Don Lapre Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:36:49 +0000 http://blog.acmelab.org/?p=36#comment-3739 The simplest answer is also the one most companies overlook - listen to what the users or saying. Good article, maybe the guys at MSN should give it a try with their search engine. Don Lapre postmaster@espailleure.com www.tured.info The simplest answer is also the one most companies overlook - listen to what the users or saying. Good article, maybe the guys at MSN should give it a try with their search engine.
Don Lapre
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]]> By: mark http://blog.acmelab.org/2006/02/28/features-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-42 mark Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:36:48 +0000 http://blog.acmelab.org/?p=36#comment-42 Nicolas - Actually, I haven't read Getting Real. Others have pointed it out, so maybe I'll get a copy. Mark Nicolas -

Actually, I haven’t read Getting Real. Others have pointed it out, so maybe I’ll get a copy.

Mark

]]> By: Bill Nadraszky http://blog.acmelab.org/2006/02/28/features-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Bill Nadraszky Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:50:22 +0000 http://blog.acmelab.org/?p=36#comment-41 I( agree that this is exactly what Google does, but I know in reading what others think it may be because the actual UI is not Googles strength. You have to pick your battles and Google picks them all and then goes and lets others take their ideas a step further. Chris Pirillo a little while back was saying that he hates the Google interface when they come up with their own apps, like Google Earth but likes Picasa which has a UI developed by another company. I( agree that this is exactly what Google does, but I know in reading what others think it may be because the actual UI is not Googles strength. You have to pick your battles and Google picks them all and then goes and lets others take their ideas a step further. Chris Pirillo a little while back was saying that he hates the Google interface when they come up with their own apps, like Google Earth but likes Picasa which has a UI developed by another company.

]]> By: Nicolas http://blog.acmelab.org/2006/02/28/features-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Nicolas Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:07:51 +0000 http://blog.acmelab.org/?p=36#comment-40 Someone has been reading getting real... https://gettingreal.37signals.com/ Someone has been reading getting real… https://gettingreal.37signals.com/

]]> By: Alexander Fairley http://blog.acmelab.org/2006/02/28/features-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Alexander Fairley Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:19:21 +0000 http://blog.acmelab.org/?p=36#comment-38 One thing you didn't mention is that more features means more code, which most likely means more complicated code. If those features suck, which they frequently do, this code is nothing but bloat, and not only does it provide useless functionality, it dirties up your code base. On a completely tangential note, I'd like to nominate the fact that Windows directories reorder themselves every time you move a file as one of stupidest 'features' I've ever seen. This feature takes the simple job of moving a group of files into a folder, and adds in pointless visual search tasks every step of the way. Of course, you can just select all the files before hand, but doing this efficiently requires switching back and forth between shift and control clicking. Bleh! One thing you didn’t mention is that more features means more code, which most likely means more complicated code. If those features suck, which they frequently do, this code is nothing but bloat, and not only does it provide useless functionality, it dirties up your code base. On a completely tangential note, I’d like to nominate the fact that Windows directories reorder themselves every time you move a file as one of stupidest ‘features’ I’ve ever seen. This feature takes the simple job of moving a group of files into a folder, and adds in pointless visual search tasks every step of the way. Of course, you can just select all the files before hand, but doing this efficiently requires switching back and forth between shift and control clicking. Bleh!

]]> By: Muyeen Munaver http://blog.acmelab.org/2006/02/28/features-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Muyeen Munaver Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:22:33 +0000 http://blog.acmelab.org/?p=36#comment-37 I think this article is really cool. This article is all about common sense. It speaks of not making assumptions, which is also the right way to go in software. But the sad part is that common sense is very un-common :). So it requires an article like this to open eyes of people & make then sit up.. And say.. Why the hell didn't I think of this. Really nice one. Good work. I think this article is really cool. This article is all about common sense. It speaks of not making assumptions, which is also the right way to go in software. But the sad part is that common sense is very un-common :). So it requires an article like this to open eyes of people & make then sit up.. And say.. Why the hell didn’t I think of this. Really nice one. Good work.

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