KISS, als Abkürzung steht für Keep It Short and Simple – zu Deutsch, halte es kurz und einfach – sollte nicht nur in der Werbung oder beim Design ein Leitspruch sein. Ich denke, ich bin mit dieser Meinung nicht ganz alleine auf dieser Welt. Sehen wir uns das Ganze doch einfach mal am Beispiel eines Handys an: Heutige Geräte sind MP3 Player, Radio-, Kamera- und Was-Weiss-Ich-Nicht-Noch-Alles-In-Einem-Geräte.
Ok, ich selbst bin Eigentümer eines e61 Prügels von Nokia und einigermassen zufrieden damit, so lange das Ding das tut was es soll. Aber wieviel der Funktionen brauchen wir wirklich? Brauchen wir wirklich Fernsehen am Handy? Brauchen wir wirklich eine Kamera im Megapixel-Bereich auf den Teilen?
jwickers says:
Convergence. Do we need 10 simple devices instead of 1 device which can do all.
Stargazer says:
Well… Fact is, that if this one device fails, you’ve pretty lost all the functionality packed into – including the 973 other features you do not need…
jwickers says:
Well that’s a poor argument, if you have 10 devices you won’t carry them all on you, so you won’t use those features too.
Besides apart from breaking it, or running the battery dry, i never had any phones/camera/music player/pda fail on me yet (and there is always a nice handy reset button)
And battery is not even an issue here since having one set of battery/charger means your device will be charged properly and often.
Also a single device is bound to be less expensive (hardware/software reuse)
But i agree there is a usability issue, the same you will have on a Personal Computer but aggravated by the limited size of a handheld device.
Stargazer says:
I really miss the times where mobile phones were used to make phone calls.</sarcasm>
Sento says:
Well multifunktionsthings are good if you need a feature but i things some features may be harmful, i would never use a wirelesslan if i dont have to use it.
You can play on you handy in the train instead of looking out of the windows and let you mind pausing, so after and after this behavior could be addictively there are enough people that must play on pc every free minute, i know that myself sometimes