OSNews > Thread > "RE: Functional vs. non-functional" by Network23

Linked by Michael Reed on Wed 21st Nov 2007 14:13 UTC

When computer company Apple announced that they were planning to make a phone, most pundits felt sure that Apple would produce something a bit different from the crowd. An Apple phone would have to be a plush, prestige unit and the product of a thoughtful design process.

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RE: Functional vs. non-functional

by Network23 on Wed 21st Nov 2007 15:39 UTC in reply to "Functional vs. non-functional"

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Sometimes I think that people in the "geeky" crowd tend to overestimate the importance of functional demands vs. non-functional demands. Of course functions (or features) are what gets the job done. But non-functional demands (ease of use, simplicity, "feel good factor" etc.) tells us about how the job gets done.

This is very true.

I had the beautiful Nokia N95 with 5 megapixel camera etc and found it to be absolutely piece of shit since it takes at least eight seconds to focus and actually take a frigging picture. I now have some 4 GB worth of useless pics and it doesn't really matter that these useless pics have a 5 megapixel resolution.

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