customization

Customization: The Software Tar-Baby

Vendors often pitch customization as a feature of their software [http://www.edocmagazine.com/vault_articles.asp?ID=25530&header=e_features_header.gif] : > In the end, customizations and enhancements to a software solution are nearly always needed. This allows the software to be tailored to your needs,

customization

Configurability and Voiding Your Warranty

In The Problem with Configurability, I noted the tenuous balance between the opposing goals of customization and convention. Kam VedBrat, one of the Microsoft Windows UI designers for Vista, riffs on a similar theme. Why isn't Windows Vista completely skinnable out of the box? There is also the