Further Reading

Designer and developer Mike Rundle has written about this topic.[103]

Footnotes

[100]

Read his essay at http://flyosity.com/iphone/kill-the-settings-build-opinionated-software.php.

[101]

See the full article at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/defaults.html.

[102]

Some operating systems may not support tooltips on disabled user interface elements, but I’m sure you’ll find another reasonably obvious way to explain to your users why a specific preference is not enabled.

[103]

At http://flyosity.com/iphone/kill-the-settings-build-opinionated-software.php.

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