Comments on: Sometimes, easy is a bad thing http://pathfindersoftware.com/2006/07/sometimes_easy_/ The Fastest Way to Launch Successful Software Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steven Devijver http://pathfindersoftware.com/2006/07/sometimes_easy_/#comment-5539 Steven Devijver Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:09:13 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2006/07/sometimes_easy_/#comment-5539 <p>Talking about "user experience", it would be nice if a redirect would be issued after submitting a post to this blog.</p> <p>Avoids the infamous brower repost popup box.</p> Talking about “user experience”, it would be nice if a redirect would be issued after submitting a post to this blog.

Avoids the infamous brower repost popup box.

]]> By: Steven Devijver http://pathfindersoftware.com/2006/07/sometimes_easy_/#comment-5538 Steven Devijver Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:06:44 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2006/07/sometimes_easy_/#comment-5538 <p>Yet another story where paying attention to one aspect is inappropriate.</p> <p>Keeping things simple, easy user experience, only write what you need. All these are typical short-term objectives that may obfuscate long-term issues.</p> <p>For many little applications this may be of no concern but these 'agile' techniques are used more and more on big applications with lots of complexity that arguably can't be handled efficiently with simple strategies.</p> <p>Agile techniques are very useful but I haven't encountered ways of working yet that take Eric Evans' "approach to design" cause for complexity into account.</p> Yet another story where paying attention to one aspect is inappropriate.

Keeping things simple, easy user experience, only write what you need. All these are typical short-term objectives that may obfuscate long-term issues.

For many little applications this may be of no concern but these ‘agile’ techniques are used more and more on big applications with lots of complexity that arguably can’t be handled efficiently with simple strategies.

Agile techniques are very useful but I haven’t encountered ways of working yet that take Eric Evans’ “approach to design” cause for complexity into account.

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