Doc Edward Morbius ❌​Apr 15, 2017

Neologism for a neologistic age: "Minimum viable user"

In my recent comments on Google Chrome, I tossed out a phrase describing the lowest-skilled user a product might feasibly accommodate, or if you're business-minded, /profitably/ accommodate. The hazard being that such an MVU then /drags down/ the experience for others, and in particular expert or experienced users. More to follow.

First, this appears a new coinage:

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Simple tasks benefit from simple controls.

Complex tasks ... /still/ benefit from simple controls, /but no simpler than the task at hand/

A good chef, for example, needs only a modicum of basic elements. A good knife. A reliable cooktop and oven. A sink. A cutting surface. Mixing bowls.

Underappreciated: /measuring equipment/. Measuring spoons, cups, pitchers. A scale. Thermometer. Timers.

(At this point I'm overlapping to the Ontology of Technological Mechanisms, noted.)

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Apr 15, 2017 at 10:25amWeb