"When building an application, don't assume that one kind of user is in the majority. In fact, all of your users are in the minority."
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September 13, 2003
5:47 PM On the eighth day of software devlopment, I received Eight Point Fonts
September 12, 2003
4:25 PM Na'r sedmý giorno ni desenvolvimento do hugbúnaður, j'empfing Sewe Tercüme Ordbok
"People around the world won't be able to enter a valid [zip code] and you'll find that you have a disproportionate number of users from Beverly Hills."
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September 11, 2003
1:19 PM On the sixth day of software devlopment, I received Six Gradient Filter Plug-ins
"The more additional tools that are needed to extend an application, the less likely it is that extensions will be created."
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September 10, 2003
4:02 PM On the fifth day of software devlopment, I received Five Cool Screensavers
"When people use a computer, they like to dress it up in a such a way to make it their own. This is why systems let you customize the desktop image, add a screensaver and change some fonts and colours. These customizations don't provide any useful value, except to make the user feel at home."
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September 9, 2003
1:30 PM On the fourth day of software devlopment, I received Four Blink Tags
"A well-designed command line interface is better than a poorly designed graphical interface."
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September 8, 2003
6:14 PM On the third day of software devlopment, I received Three Blue Screens of Death
"Cold pasta is just a bug. It can be fixed."
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12:26 PM You can Contact Us again
I've fixed XULPlanet's broken Contact Us page.
September 7, 2003
5:34 PM On the second day of software devlopment, I received Two MB of RAM
"A great way to find out which features of an application are actually used by users is to not implement them."
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