rules of a web app

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hiten:

peterclark:

simple

public over private

personal vanity

internet is global

permalinks

one important item per page

don’t break the browser

don’t wanker in technology

a medium is not a grande

break convention for your users

no useless widgets

nobody changes the defaults

level up

invaluable tool

use it yourself

make it a game

make decisions not options

incomplete is often worse than not at all

power users aren’t normal users

from here

Rafer sez:
My emphasis added. This reads more like a prioritized list for a moderately overdesigned social utility than a social network, per se. Either way, get it out there, and iterate. Ugly’s temporarily fine. Extra links are temporarily fine. Etc.

And, thank heavens power users aren’t normal users. I’d hate to have to pay for all that work and customer support.