Simplicity vs. Choice
A good counter-argument to 37-signals’ less features = better by Joel on Software.
If you don’t have time, or don’t want to watch it (Joel does tend to ramble on (no offense, I think Joel is great)), here’s the summary:
- more features correlates to more customers
- it’s not about removing features, it’s about removing complexity (and unimportant choices)
- often, hiding complexity from the User makes your code more complex (you have to do the work)
- don’t interrupt the user; they’re in control.
