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Are More Choices Really Better?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the how-to-hit-the-off-switch-let-me-count-the-ways dept.

A. Bosch writes to mention that Joel Spolsky of Fog Creek software has a commentary that examines the need for choices in software. From the article: "This highlights a style of software design shared by Microsoft and the open source movement, in both cases driven by a desire for consensus and for 'Making Everybody Happy,' but it's based on the misconceived notion that lots of choices make people happy, which we really need to rethink." With software steadily becoming more sophisticated, are more choices really necessarily better?

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  1. Re:Yes. by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    > > Seriously though, yes, more choices are always better.
    >
    >O RLY? How would you like to die today? We have a lovely selection of slow, painful ways to die. Nobody has a wider selection!

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  2. Recursion by DragonHawk · · Score: 4, Funny
    "this should be an 'Ask Your Customer' question"

    So... people should be given a choice when it comes to the question of how much choice they should get.

    My brain hurts now. ;-)
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  3. Re:You'd be surprised by $0.02 · · Score: 5, Funny

    She has too many publications. It's difficult to decide which one to read.

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