Hi Eric,
On 19 Mar 2019, at 18:55, Eric Rescorla < ekr@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Without responding to Eliot's point in detail, one comparison point would be the HTML Priority of Constituencies:
"In case of conflict, consider users over authors over implementors over
specifiers over theoretical purity. In other words costs or difficulties
to the user should be given more weight than costs to authors; which in
turn should be given more weight than costs to implementors; which should
be given more weight than costs to authors of the spec itself, which
should be given more weight than those proposing changes for theoretical
reasons alone. Of course, it is preferred to make things better for
multiple constituencies at once.”
I agree with all of the above, but have a far more succinct way of putting it (for a change): our works should be produced BY geniuses not FOR geniuses.
I've certainly found this to be a useful framing of design principles that helps one reason about alternative designs. Perhaps that's one direction to take this document.
And I would have no objection to taking that path.
Eliot
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