Comments on: Feature Bloat or New and Improved? http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:02:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Review Program » Keeping it Minty Fresh http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-12290 Review Program » Keeping it Minty Fresh Sat, 05 May 2007 16:09:10 +0000 http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/#comment-12290 [...] sort of ties in to my previous post about features. When I find a new service or piece of software I usually get excited when I see an active [...] [...] sort of ties in to my previous post about features. When I find a new service or piece of software I usually get excited when I see an active [...]

]]> By: Baron VC » Keeping it Minty Fresh http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-11653 Baron VC » Keeping it Minty Fresh Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:37:39 +0000 http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/#comment-11653 [...] sort of ties in to my previous post about features. When I find a new service or piece of software I usually get excited when I see an active [...] [...] sort of ties in to my previous post about features. When I find a new service or piece of software I usually get excited when I see an active [...]

]]> By: baron http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-10280 baron Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:43:46 +0000 http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/#comment-10280 Peety, Great minds think alike. engtech, I love their book and the ideas behind the framework (Ruby on Rails) that they developed. However, their product is anything but stellar (although it has passionate fans, I think they are over-rated). "So less features is almost never the answer, it’s all about giving the users less choices. Only confront them with the choices they need to know." You speak the truth but sometimes arrogance gets in the way of really nailing it good. The only thing worse than a feature-bloated product is something forced onto you by some pretentious prick that seems to know exactly "what you want". Rusty, I like the duality of Stumble too. Something for the casual (just keep stumbling) and an almost hidden universe for those that visit SU.com. They seem to have a good thing going. Mindspeakr, That's so true. I think it's also related to the fact that developers need to try something new to prevent them from burning out. Sometimes this prevents them from polishing the aspects of the site that need the most attention instead of going on a journey into the unknown and ruining the product. Peety,
Great minds think alike.

engtech,
I love their book and the ideas behind the framework (Ruby on Rails) that they developed. However, their product is anything but stellar (although it has passionate fans, I think they are over-rated).

“So less features is almost never the answer, it’s all about giving the users less choices. Only confront them with the choices they need to know.”

You speak the truth but sometimes arrogance gets in the way of really nailing it good. The only thing worse than a feature-bloated product is something forced onto you by some pretentious prick that seems to know exactly “what you want”.

Rusty,
I like the duality of Stumble too. Something for the casual (just keep stumbling) and an almost hidden universe for those that visit SU.com. They seem to have a good thing going.

Mindspeakr,
That’s so true. I think it’s also related to the fact that developers need to try something new to prevent them from burning out. Sometimes this prevents them from polishing the aspects of the site that need the most attention instead of going on a journey into the unknown and ruining the product.

]]> By: Mindspeakr http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-9750 Mindspeakr Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:04:48 +0000 http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/#comment-9750 All good thoughts. I would only add that when adding new features, it helps drive adoption if they build on existing functionality. That may seem obvious but not all sites seem to approach it that way and new often means completely different. That's okay too, if there's some master strategy for tying them all together cohesively at some point. All good thoughts. I would only add that when adding new features, it helps drive adoption if they build on existing functionality. That may seem obvious but not all sites seem to approach it that way and new often means completely different. That’s okay too, if there’s some master strategy for tying them all together cohesively at some point.

]]> By: Rusty http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-9734 Rusty Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:34:28 +0000 http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/#comment-9734 Ya, it's so true. Ask all the stumble users what they use, I bet 90% will tell you all they do is press 'stumble'. They don't even know they have a page on Stumble Upon. But lets not fotget that features are always nice for advanced users. You need to supply them with what they need. Ya, it’s so true. Ask all the stumble users what they use, I bet 90% will tell you all they do is press ‘stumble’. They don’t even know they have a page on Stumble Upon.

But lets not fotget that features are always nice for advanced users. You need to supply them with what they need.

]]> By: engtech http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-9712 engtech Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:54:18 +0000 http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/#comment-9712 I love this subject. Users only use 20% of the features, but the prob is that it's always a different 20%. So less features is almost never the answer, it's all about giving the users less choices. Only confront them with the choices they need to know. You might really like this e-book: http://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php I love this subject.

Users only use 20% of the features, but the prob is that it’s always a different 20%.

So less features is almost never the answer, it’s all about giving the users less choices. Only confront them with the choices they need to know.

You might really like this e-book: http://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php

]]> By: Peety http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/comment-page-1/#comment-9711 Peety Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:55:50 +0000 http://baron.vc/feature-bloat-or-new-and-improved/#comment-9711 <strong>"You took the words, right out of my mouth"</strong> “You took the words, right out of my mouth”

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