Comments on: Giving users what they need, not what they want. http://refactr.com/blog/2007/02/giving-users-what-they-need-not-what-they-want/ informs on and evangelizes best practices of using <a href="http://refactr.com/the-agile-manifesto/">agile methods</a> when designing and developing what are currently being called “Web 2.0” products and applications. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:48:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Jaan http://refactr.com/blog/2007/02/giving-users-what-they-need-not-what-they-want/#comment-777 Jaan Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:26:50 +0000 http://refactr.com/blog/2007/02/19/giving-users-what-they-need-not-what-they-want/#comment-777 Good post! You mentioned 37Signals, and I'd like to recommend their excellent book "Getting Real". It's about saying "goodbye to bloat" and building "simple, focused software that does just what you need and nothing you don't." http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ Good post! You mentioned 37Signals, and I’d like to recommend their excellent book “Getting Real”.

It’s about saying “goodbye to bloat” and building “simple, focused software that does just what you need and nothing you don’t.”

http://gettingreal.37signals.com/

]]> By: aaron http://refactr.com/blog/2007/02/giving-users-what-they-need-not-what-they-want/#comment-772 aaron Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:54:37 +0000 http://refactr.com/blog/2007/02/19/giving-users-what-they-need-not-what-they-want/#comment-772 Maybe we should all take a queue from guitar hero and add levels of difficulty. "Experts" pull off better tricks, but anyone can rawk, regardless of skill. Maybe we should all take a queue from guitar hero and add levels of difficulty. “Experts” pull off better tricks, but anyone can rawk, regardless of skill.

]]> By: Ed Kohler http://refactr.com/blog/2007/02/giving-users-what-they-need-not-what-they-want/#comment-769 Ed Kohler Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:20:15 +0000 http://refactr.com/blog/2007/02/19/giving-users-what-they-need-not-what-they-want/#comment-769 Great explanation. I think an ideal solution allows programs to open up more features as user's experience increases. Microsoft Office programs actually do a decent job with this by auto-hiding menus people haven't used or don't regularly use. The additional features are there where they're ready for them. Great explanation. I think an ideal solution allows programs to open up more features as user’s experience increases. Microsoft Office programs actually do a decent job with this by auto-hiding menus people haven’t used or don’t regularly use. The additional features are there where they’re ready for them.

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