Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 24th Oct 2007 22:05 UTC
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2005-10-18
Why can't a product be distinguished?
Being different just to be different is a wrong approach to product design. You should do something differently only if it makes the user more productive or expands his options - also taking into account the learning curve, the perception of the learning curve, the established practices in the field etc.
I am not really qualified to speak on Gimp, and thus going slightly offtopic, but OOo Writer, while resembling MS Office much, is a good example of being different for difference's sake in some aspects (for instance, paragraph selection logic, bullet/number list setup.)