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“Frictionless” as an alternative to “simplicity” in design (adaptivepath.com)
1 point by mgunes on July 25, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



'Frictionless' is much better than 'simplicity' - because simplicity can mean the sacrifice of necessary complexity. But I like Steve Job's definition of simplicity cited by Steven Levy in The Perfect Thing: "Fruit - an apple. That simplicty is the ultimate sophistication" and goes on to describe the iterative development process that eliminates all but the essential needed to deliver the desired experience.




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