Comments on: Is your software too fast? http://blog.smibs.com/posts/529/is-your-software-too-fast/ Blogging From Inside the New Media Revolution Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:26:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Justin http://blog.smibs.com/posts/529/is-your-software-too-fast/comment-page-1/#comment-2898 Justin Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:43:00 +0000 http://blog.smibs.com/?p=529#comment-2898 Overall, I think that people are looking for an enjoyable experience when they use software. Yes, efficiency and "speed" have something to do with that, but usability goes beyond just processing functions quickly. This was a key difference between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs: Jobs would often go for an "esthetic" quality to software and hardware, something Gates admitted he didn't always understand. Overall, I think that people are looking for an enjoyable experience when they use software. Yes, efficiency and “speed” have something to do with that, but usability goes beyond just processing functions quickly.

This was a key difference between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs: Jobs would often go for an “esthetic” quality to software and hardware, something Gates admitted he didn’t always understand.

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