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Removing Complexity Makes Less Better

ACM News Service: Taming Your Tech.  This article uses the simplicity of Apple's iPod as a sign that technology companies are beginning to respond to the user's desire for simplicity and straightforward usability.  The shackles of the myth that more is better are being broken.

The David LaGesse 2005-03-14 U.S. News & World Report article is on-line.

posted by orcmid at 3/22/2005 10:30:00 AM, rating data by NewsGator Online