Mac vs. Windows vs. Linux: Usability and Design

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There is just too much goodness to share in this essay at Daring Fireball (source rc3.org).

Some things are worth repeating:

  • UI development is the hard part.
  • UI development isn’t cheap.
  • Windows and Mac trump Linux in usability because they have talented, dedicated people who get paid to do it.
  • “Fast, good, cheap: pick two.” can’t be avoided. It is a software project’s destiny. Reminds me of the four “levers”, the four factors in every project, that are mentioned in Extreme Programming; Cost, Quality, Scope, and Time. If you move one of those “levers”, one of the others is going to change.

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