Dead Bird Features

· Kevin Cox · May 3, 2025, 12:06 p.m.
Summary
The blog post, titled 'Dead Bird Features,' compares unwanted software features to gifts from outdoor cats, discussing how developers sometimes create technically interesting functionalities that ultimately do not serve user needs. The author critiques the implementation of features like copying formatted text in software, highlighting the gap between developer intentions and actual user desires, especially in web apps where default behaviors are overridden.
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