The more features you add
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The more features you add
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#2Indeed. But if the features are common, more maintenance is the only problem.
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#3It's true that any app that lives long enough reaches an "optimum" version and then goes downhill from there. For Microsoft Word, for instance, the optimum, or "Elvis" version was "v5.1 for Mac".
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#4"... the more features you have to support"
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#5You could add infinite features, then if they don't stick, deprecate them but leave them in.
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#6Aside the fact that more features means more time spent supporting them- is it actually true that too many features degrade the product because it becomes too complicated? I disagree.
A good interface organisation can hide the most complex features from most users. The lack of a feature might force users to use a different product; but if the software is confusing, or bloated, this is a problem with its how it's organised and the quality of its code, not with the number of features per se.
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#7Aside the fact that more features means more time spent supporting them- is it actually true that too many features degrade the product because it becomes too complicated? I disagree. A good interface organisation can hide the most complex features from most users. The lack of a feature might force users to use a different product; but if the software is confusing, or bloated, this is a problem with its how it's orga…
in case of bloat most features are not used. you spend almost all your time and attention maintaining shit nobody cares about
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#8The other issue with having so many features is that some of these features may become harder to discover, especially if users have to sift through congested user interfaces.
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#9the more bugs
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#10The other issue with having so many features is that some of these features may become harder to discover, especially if users have to sift through congested user interfaces.
Even worse, it becomes harder to discover and use the basic / must have features.