Getting Real for Desktop Software

[Alan Smith]

Hello everyone,

Yesterday I finished reading 'Getting Real,' the book by 37Signals. For
those of you who haven't read it, I highly recommend it, to buy a copy or
read the free online version go to http://getreal.37signals.com/ In 'Getting
Real' there is major emphasis on keeping a web app simple and clean. One
example was 37Signals did not add text coloring to their multi-person chat
app (Campfire) because it wasn't necessary. That got me thinking, that's
fine for a web app where there is a monthly fee instead of a one-time
registration fee and so you don't have to add features to get people to buy
it but, what about desktop apps? If you don't add little things like that
how are you going to keep people interested in it?

How do all of you write apps? I want to keep my apps sleek and thin but I
don't want them to become stagnant. Is there a book like 'Getting Real' for
desktop apps? If there is that would be fantastic, I'd love to read it.


Cheers. Alan


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