general audience vs advanced audience
Reading Cyrille's blog entry today about Krita and GIMP appropriateness (or rather, how they are not appropriate) for a default OS installation, it got me to thinking about a common pattern we see emerge in applications.
We often end up with general audience apps that represent a good entry level position. They aren't wimps, but they certainly remain lean and the UI stays focused on what they are doing in a way that's approprirate for a general audience. They may make most people happy, particularly because the interface is nice and clean while offering the "things I want most", but they usually leave a more demanding user wanting, particularly people who are professionals in the field in question.
The professionals and enthusiasts will be looking for richer tools that Do More(tm) and often support more sophisticated models. These tools could be viewed as "upgrades" from the general audience applications except that for many people in the general audience these pro tools are vast overkill and even off putting.
The pro tools can't really be streamlined beyond a certain point without losing their audience, and the general audience tools can't be beefed up constantly without leaving behind their audience.
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