I'm Abraham. Hacker Advocate, developer. Currently in Seattle. Recently I've been playing with CouchDB, Twitter userstreams., and some Android development
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Minimalism in Feature Implementation. #hashtag and live backchannel. Feedback, questions, etc
Minimaize your impact on users Don't make users do any more work then they have to. Don't get in the way
Don't make users do any more work then they have to. Don't get in the way
Add as much value to the user as possible.
Users are lazy. if you make them jump through they will leave with a bade taste in their mouth.
Ever seen a deer caught in headlights? Too complexe an interface and users don't know what to do.
I'm an experienced user and I feel like a deer in headlights.
You app will be easier to maintain, easier to develop and cheaper.
And now some examples...
Facebook autocomplete only appears when you want to mention somebody.
StartupWeekend project that used Twilo for notifications instead of making users use another product.
My intersect extension automatically adds social graph information into twitter.com. Leverage existing, established products that users already use.
Gmail adds extra value through labs for those that want it. A good example is translate which offers to translate emails in foregn languages.
Chrome extension. double click word to get the deffiniteion.
Aardvark leverages Google Chat. Adds value to Gmail users.
AAA is a subscription service that only shows up when you need it.
