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That is, some features (eg, italics) are used more than others (eg, macros). Such an ordering can be used to established, with considerable confidence, the "20% that 80% of customers use".
Which is how we got the Ribbon. It was intended to place the most commonly used features front and centre.
The 20% thing is interesting, but Microsoft themselves later empirically established through application usage metrics that there is an ordering of features. That is, some features (eg, italics) are used more than others (eg, macros). Such an ordering can be used to established, with considerable confidence, the "20% that 80% of customers use". Which is how we got the Ribbon. It was intended to place the most commonl…
So how come we ended up with something that placed all the features front and centre?
15 mb? I was using Excel on the Macintosh for laboratory analysis as early as 1987. It could run on two 800K floppies. So, 1.6 mb. It had 80% of the functionality I ever used Excel for.
I'm not saying you should axe features to make the app smaller. But please, if you distribute software, spend a few hours and try to make the download size as small as possible.
The 20% thing is interesting, but Microsoft themselves later empirically established through application usage metrics that there is an ordering of features. That is, some features (eg, italics) are used more than others (eg, macros). Such an ordering can be used to established, with considerable confidence, the "20% that 80% of customers use". Which is how we got the Ribbon. It was intended to place the most commonl…
> Which is how we got the Ribbon. It was intended to place the most commonly used features front and centre. So how come we ended up with something that placed all the features front and centre?
2001 - 1993 == 8
2013 - 2001 == 12
Joel writes this like bloat doesn't exist, and discusses how programs are large because of all the features they have. Two contrasting examples spring to mind: - Outlook 2010 in Exchange mode usually occupies about 50MB of memory, at least for me. Think of all the functionality Outlook 2010 has in those 50MB. - An old notebook I used a few years ago had a disk-parking feature, in case of drops. The service applicatio…
He tries to justify hisbloatware work from the past, and only uses false arguments, like dismissing linus argument about having to load a huge program not being an issue, when excel and outlook are still the only applications i use with a damn loading screen... His article uses space and provide no honest statement, hence bloatware.
The 20% thing is interesting, but Microsoft themselves later empirically established through application usage metrics that there is an ordering of features. That is, some features (eg, italics) are used more than others (eg, macros). Such an ordering can be used to established, with considerable confidence, the "20% that 80% of customers use". Which is how we got the Ribbon. It was intended to place the most commonl…