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September 25, 2006
Simplicity
I can't say I agree with Maeda's laws, and it definately doesn't apply to everything. His comments seems to be gear more towards consumer electronics, websites, and gui's. I think today's ADD generation would appreciate his laws of simplicity, but there are certain things that need an abundant of options. I can't imagine if we all the sudden decided to "simplfy" linux commands. The richness of options is what makes them works so well. I guess in a way, how options are exposed is a certain level of Simplicity, but a lot of what works/what doesnt depends on personal taste.
This reading reminds me of Norman's "Desing of Everyday Things"
I think taking advantage of people's intuition - how consumers (try to) use a product that they had never seen before - is a more productive approach towards design.
Posted by Benjamin Chao at September 25, 2006 11:53 AM