On 23.04.2015 12:01, Gianfranco Ceccolini wrote:
I think that the point that most of us are missing is that, prior to decide the features on a particular product (a software in the discussed cases), one needs to decide THE TARGET AUDIENCE of such product.
There are cases where defining a target audience is possible and beneficial, sure. Once you allow a small number of distinct audiences, you get a little farther.
For some generic and/or complex products, things get messy fast. Just think of possible audiences for Blender: game developers, hobby vertex pushers, 3d printed bunny enthusiasts, product designers, professional illustrators and 3d animation specialists (coffee logisticians, modelers, texture artists, rigging and animation artists ...) ...
Even though you can expect conflicts and issues due to the sheer number of features, Blender can work for all of them. Note however, than some people think its unnecessarily strange and complicated, while others think it's basically sliced bread for 3D.
Oustide of marketing, I think it's not that important if you can assume your typical user to be Granny Smith, Tom Broman or little Susie. Truly important are the tasks to be accomplished, the work environments and the frequency and duration of use. Guess how the last 2 points relate to the different impressions people have of Blender.
Aside of all that, every single user being human has limited memory, a locus of attention easily pulled away by an important message ... or just a distraction, is better at recognizing than recalling, forms habits, is slowed down when having to consider options, ... and so on.
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