Three Most Common Barriers To Web Innovation – Part 3
July 19th, 2010 by Matt Haff
Featuritis – an infectious desire for MORE, afflicts everyone from the CEO to the programmer. The ability to subtract features is the rare gift of the true communicator, while the tendency to add features comes naturally. Have you ever heard the saying “You can be really good at one thing, or you can be okay at many things”? Think about that for a minute… The sites that have succeeded are the ones that focus on ONE thing. Flickr – upload/share photos, YouTube – upload/share videos, Twitter – share quick thoughts.
Remember all those cliches, less is more, simpler is better, clean is mean…well maybe not that last one. If you want to have everything and the kitchen sink on your website, then go for it! Just don’t expect everyone and their momma to come and marvel at it’s beauty. [smile]
