[ass22]

"Peter's move shows killer product UI/UX, ease of use and user growth trump everything. "

Erm, is this some groundbreaking revelation?

Its always been that way. Unless its in the context of superior technology with minimal UI a-la Google Search in its early years.

[the_mar]

google search did have a killer UI though, you might be forgetting what search looked like before google

[ass22]

A list of results is not a killer UI.

The technology was the killer. Technology providing the right list of results and fast.

OH and believe it or not, this continues to be the core of Google today - they suck at product design and marketing.

[the_mar]

It was killer compared to alternatives. All other "homepages" of the internet were the cluttered mess of ads.

I feel like we are arguing semantics though. But IMO any UI that does the job that consumers want well is good UI. Just because it was simple doesn't mean it wasn't good