In case of conflict, consider users over authors over implementors over specifiers over theoretical purity.

— W3C, HTML Design Principles § 3.2 Priority of Constituencies

Good quote to remember and use in your engineering career 👌

@prologic@twtxt.net Yes! Sadly, I have the feeling that this is rarely adhered to in the wild.

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Well it should be 🤣

I like this quote. I also like a new term I’ve learned recently called “Complexity Budget”.

@prologic@twtxt.net Soooooooo … what wins? Users or the Complexity Budget? 😏

@prologic@twtxt.net I like this part better: “Of course, it is preferred to make things better for multiple constituencies at once.” That should be the aim.

It is worth noting that this comes from a 2007 working draft.