friction on maik.io https://maik.io/tags/friction/ Recent content in friction on maik.io maik.io de-de Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:48:32 +0100 ~20% https://maik.io/notes/2025-11-14-circa-20-percent/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:48:32 +0100 https://maik.io/notes/2025-11-14-circa-20-percent/ <p>Lea Verou schreibt in »<a href="https://lea.verou.me/blog/2025/user-effort/" title="In the economy of user effort, be a bargain, not a scam • Lea Verou" target="_blank" >In the economy of user effort, be a bargain, not a scam</a>« auf ihrem Blog</p> <blockquote> <p>This distinction hinges on the distribution of use cases. Products often cut scope by identifying the ~20% of use cases that drive ~80% of usage — aka the Pareto Principle. Some products, however, have such diverse use cases that Pareto doesn’t meaningfully apply to the product as a whole. There are common use cases and niche use cases, but no clean 20-80 split. The tail of niche use cases is so long, it becomes significant in aggregate. For lack of a better term, I’ll call these long‑tail UIs.</p> Lea Verou schreibt in »In the economy of user effort, be a bargain, not a scam« auf ihrem Blog

This distinction hinges on the distribution of use cases. Products often cut scope by identifying the ~20% of use cases that drive ~80% of usage — aka the Pareto Principle. Some products, however, have such diverse use cases that Pareto doesn’t meaningfully apply to the product as a whole. There are common use cases and niche use cases, but no clean 20-80 split. The tail of niche use cases is so long, it becomes significant in aggregate. For lack of a better term, I’ll call these long‑tail UIs.

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