[IxDA Discuss] New guy in corner over there smells funny... Toomuch cologne, probably.

[Nasir Barday]

>> Waiting for a user to request a feature to me is a path to failure.
>> Your competitors won't wait.
Totally agree. In most markets, people won't complain to you about your
product's shortcomings. They'll switch.

> If a user doesn't notice a missing feature, is it really missing?"
> >
> Well, uh, yea. This is the difference between a latent requirement and a
> manifest requirement.
>

Agreed, but what if "missing" is from the perspective of removing a feature
that doesn't satisfy any requirement at all, one borne out of guessing at
goals without any research? It's always a good feeling when those silly
excise features can go away and make room for the functionality people
*really* need (both on the latent and manifest level).

- N