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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5850840" data-attributes="member: 8835">Casual End users are of course going to be the worst at verbalizing the benefits of the design.Everyone in the tech industry (as in working, not consuming) knows that Apple and Microsoft spend a lot on research on user interface, fonts, and workflow experiences.  Saying Apple found the "best way" is exagerating.  Saying they chose one of the best ways to do it in the scope of the design paradigm is a bit more precise.What Apple does is simply the User Interface down to the commonly desired set of features.  A shorter feature list is easier to encompass in a simple user interface design.  Complex features require more interface and thus makes the system harder to use.Basically, it's not rocket science.  I can make something easy to use by getting rid of all the advanced stuff that only 2% of the user base wants.Which is why you get puzzled looks when you talk about search email by content.  Most people seldom need that.  heck, my Outlook still does a piss poor job at searching by content, so why should my Smart Phone be any better at it?This is why Apple stuff is lighter on features.  All that control other systems have means more menu items, buttons, sub-menus that have to be incorporated into the user interface.</blockquote>