Brent Simmons hits the nail on the head with my thoughts about how Apple adapted iWork for the iPad and how other apps should follow suit. His NetNewsWire for iPhone is a prime example:
My concern, though, is that people may think that Mac apps should include every possible feature and preference. The reasoning would be like this: “It’s not an iPad or iPhone. It’s a computer. Therefore it’s for power users. Therefore it should be totally customizable and have every feature anybody might want.”
That would be a big mistake.
My hope, instead, is that Mac users and developers (all developers are users too, by the way) learn even better the virtues of focused, opinionated software that pays attention to experience more than to long feature lists and heavy preference windows. I hope we see even better Mac software.
