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can an application ever be "feature complete"?
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ankle_brains
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Jan 28, 2004, 01:11 PM
 
i've often wondered if an application can ever be feature complete and is perfect for what it does and needs to accomplish. do you think an application can ever be feature complete and shouldn't be developed any further if everybody is happy with it? when do you know it's feature complete?

what app do you currently have that is worthy of being almost perfect and doesn't need any more features in your opinion? why?
     
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Jan 28, 2004, 01:38 PM
 
OS/2 Warp Server.

It's met all it's design goals, has been in bug fix mode for a few years without adding any features- because as a server, it is feature complete.

OS X Server 10.3 doesn't do things any better, other than running on stronger hardware. The truth is, they're at feature parity.

There are all kinds of software projects that reach maturity and are feature complete- how do you know?

When all the design goals laid out have been met.

You DO lay out design goals ahead of time, right?

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Jan 28, 2004, 01:57 PM
 
Hello World.
     
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Jan 28, 2004, 03:18 PM
 
So when is MS Word going to be feature complete?? Surely there's not much more they can do with a word processor?!

Except of course add support for more than 32 characters in file names.
     
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Jan 28, 2004, 04:50 PM
 
I'd say MS Paint is feature complete.
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Jan 28, 2004, 08:22 PM
 
Perfection is impossible.
/sarcasm

in reality, yes... some apps have too much...

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Jan 28, 2004, 08:25 PM
 
Stickies.app?
Key Caps?
     
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Jan 28, 2004, 09:14 PM
 
Originally posted by Sherwin:
Stickies.app?
Key Caps?
cant have custom colors in stickies.
     
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Jan 28, 2004, 09:30 PM
 
One or another flavor of TeX is feature complete, I believe. Damn good stuff, too.
     
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Jan 28, 2004, 09:37 PM
 
not unless it just needs to start up
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Jan 28, 2004, 10:16 PM
 
Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
cant have custom colors in stickies.
You're right. I never noticed that.
     
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Jan 29, 2004, 02:10 PM
 
Originally posted by hayesk:
Hello World.
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Jan 29, 2004, 06:20 PM
 
I think applications like Photoshop have been feature complete for YEARS. They have been adding components to it to improve upon it, but for 80% of my work, I could use version 4 and get along rather well.

I would agree with vmarks... once you meet your design goals.

Programs like Fetch are feature complete in my mind. They keep adding bits and pieces to them because there isn't any money in simply standing still in the computer industry.
     
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Jan 29, 2004, 06:39 PM
 
I think being feature complete from a developer stand-point and a user stand-point are two totally different animals as well...
     
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Jan 29, 2004, 06:41 PM
 
OmniGraffle Pro and Photoshop are pretty damn perfect in my opinion.

They both do their job and they do it well.
     
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Jan 29, 2004, 09:37 PM
 
Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
I think applications like Photoshop have been feature complete for YEARS. They have been adding components to it to improve upon it, but for 80% of my work, I could use version 4 and get along rather well.
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Well uh, 80% doesn't = 100% complete does it?
     
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Jan 29, 2004, 09:44 PM
 
Originally posted by willed:
Well uh, 80% doesn't = 100% complete does it?
Sure it does...at Microsoft...
     
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Jan 29, 2004, 09:53 PM
 
Originally posted by mixin visuals:
not unless it just needs to start up
how would you close it then, huh? HUH?

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Jan 29, 2004, 10:08 PM
 
Originally posted by willed:
Well uh, 80% doesn't = 100% complete does it?
he could use photoshop 4 for 80% of his work. the other 20% plus the current 80% is covered by Photoshop CS.

What can't you do with it that is was designed for.
     
   
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