http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/simpler-for-whom Adam DuVander’s thoughts on keeping things simple. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/simpler-for-whom/comment-page-1#comment-960 Simplicity Rules » The Art of the Special Case Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:58:16 +0000 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/simpler-for-whom#comment-960 [...] I’m not sure it is always so obvious when to make the special case. There is unlikely to be any formula to help you decide. One of the troubles is that a special case involves a trade-off of whether you’re making things easier on you, or easier on your user. The art is deciding when each is the best choice. [...] [...] I’m not sure it is always so obvious when to make the special case. There is unlikely to be any formula to help you decide. One of the troubles is that a special case involves a trade-off of whether you’re making things easier on you, or easier on your user. The art is deciding when each is the best choice. [...]

]]> http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/simpler-for-whom/comment-page-1#comment-959 Simplicity Rules » One key to rule them all Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:27:30 +0000 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/simpler-for-whom#comment-959 [...] I don’t know how easy it was for the locksmith, but it’s incredibly simple for me. [...] [...] I don’t know how easy it was for the locksmith, but it’s incredibly simple for me. [...]

]]> http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/simpler-for-whom/comment-page-1#comment-958 Simplicity Rules » Stop thinking like a technician Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:35:56 +0000 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/simpler-for-whom#comment-958 [...] I actively try not to think like a technician. I try to remove from my brain the knowledge of how web sites and applications are made. When I jump too quickly from problem to technical solution, I am grasping at what is easiest to implement, not what would be best for the user. Sometimes I have to ask, simpler for whom? [...] [...] I actively try not to think like a technician. I try to remove from my brain the knowledge of how web sites and applications are made. When I jump too quickly from problem to technical solution, I am grasping at what is easiest to implement, not what would be best for the user. Sometimes I have to ask, simpler for whom? [...]

]]> http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/simpler-for-whom/comment-page-1#comment-957 Simplicity Rules » Surfing without Javascript Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:10:15 +0000 http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/simpler-for-whom#comment-957 [...] That sounds not simple for the developer. Yet, this is a time to ask, simpler for whom? Because when done right, like the GMaps team has, the solution is very elegant for all users. [...] [...] That sounds not simple for the developer. Yet, this is a time to ask, simpler for whom? Because when done right, like the GMaps team has, the solution is very elegant for all users. [...]

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