From a70c1e3993de92d02ff5a498903e6fcdf12d8a87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Joshua M. Boniface" Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 02:29:09 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Sibelius crashed --- content/post/problems-in-floss-1.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/post/problems-in-floss-1.md b/content/post/problems-in-floss-1.md index 6899007..9e98e24 100644 --- a/content/post/problems-in-floss-1.md +++ b/content/post/problems-in-floss-1.md @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ However, we can use these two models to help us figure out a deeper issue: is a ## Burden or Boon? -Every feature you add to a project/product is going to add more conceptual baggage to the software. A really interesting portrayal of this can be found in UX designer and musician/composer Tantacrul's "Music Software & Bad Interface Design" series [[1]](tttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKx1wnXClcI). In this particular episode, speaking about Sibelius and its Ribbon design, he discusses at length the usefulness of a (good) Ribbon UI in helping solve a major problem that Microsoft originally, and Sibelius later, found with their software: there were just too many features to anyone to find them all. The Ribbon UI was a solution to this; we can debate at length about how successful it was, but it illustrates a real problem with software design. +Every feature you add to a project/product is going to add more conceptual baggage to the software. A really interesting portrayal of this can be found in UX designer and musician/composer Tantacrul's "Music Software & Bad Interface Design" series [[1]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKx1wnXClcI). In this particular episode, speaking about Sibelius and its Ribbon design, he discusses at length the usefulness of a (good) Ribbon UI in helping solve a major problem that Microsoft originally, and Sibelius later, found with their software: there were just too many features to anyone to find them all. The Ribbon UI was a solution to this; we can debate at length about how successful it was, but it illustrates a real problem with software design. When you add features, those features have to both serve a purpose, and be accessible to your users.