Why I like my web apps simple (to start)
The amount of time I’m willing to spend learning a new software product directly correlates to the price I paid for it.
Since I pay nothing for web apps, they get about five minutes of my time. A quick straw poll of friends reveals I’m not alone in this.
The lesson: for freemium/free apps, the key to adoption is simplicity.
Note: thinking about this reminded me of a post last month from Paul Buchheit: If your product is Great, it doesn’t need to be Good. Well worth the read.
