The important thing to remember - and that the CADT development model forgets - is that most new ideas are bad.
I recall the hilarity when GNOME 3, after claiming "no no we're making it tablet-friendly!" was busted clearly not actually having a tablet amongst any of their developers ... because it was literally impossible to get out of the screensaver using the on-screen keyboard. http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3017371&cid=4083522... Their claims of developing for tablet users were literally delusional.
I recall the hilarity when GNOME 3, after claiming "no no we're making it tablet-friendly!" was busted clearly not actually having a tablet amongst any of their developers ... because it was literally impossible to get out of the screensaver using the on-screen keyboard. http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3017371&cid=4083522... Their claims of developing for tablet users were literally delusional.
"You misunderstand. Our goal is to make computers easier to use, not to make them more useful." http://commandcenter.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/we-open-in-well-...