https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Brucevdk 2026-08-17T21:08:15Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.35.14 https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:User_Experience/Myths_about_UX&diff=123616 2009-05-07T11:29:52Z

<p>Brucevdk: /* Advanced functionality doesn&#039;t hurt - newcomers just won&#039;t use it! */ started discussion</p> <hr /> <div>== Advanced functionality doesn&#039;t hurt - newcomers just won&#039;t use it! ==<br /> &#039;&#039;Yes it does hurt! Each piece of functionality added to a system requires interaction - menu space, buttons, keybindings, advanced settings. This will automatically lead to an increased overall complexity that frightens or overwhelmes users. So if you are in doubt if a feature makes sense for many people, then better omit and just serve their needs - you keep the complexity limited and people will be happy anyway!&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> : That response to me seems a little black/white, it basically states that advanced features will be omitted per definition in favor of the common denominator. It would seem to me that it is definitely possible to please both groups. I would agree that advanced functionality should not be visible by default for the reasons mentioned but a user should be able to expose such functionality through a configuration mechanism. Proper extension points would go a long way. --[[User:Brucevdk|Bruce]] 11:29, 7 May 2009 (UTC)</div>

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