I used to run Linux, and I reveled in having so many options available to me — I could do anything.
But I didn’t.
Then a few years ago I converted to Mac and — to my surprise — gladly gave up the ability to customize everything. See, sometimes it’s really nice to have only a few options available to you. Makes the decision easier. Being confronted with a vast array of possibilities is staggering and overwhelming, not to mention stressful.
And so in the past few years I’ve become very much a fan of minimalism, sacrificing a horde of options so that the few that remain aren’t lost in the crowd, so that they’re easy to use. Simple.
Sure, this doesn’t always work, but if you can provide for 80% of the scenarios with a fraction of the features you could add, go for the 80%. Forget the other 20% — somebody else can meet their needs. Trying to be everything to everyone just doesn’t work.
Throw in your two cents