[eriksank]

...and then the journalist tries to find the "word count" feature which they need because most journalists have precise word count requirements, and it's not there, because it's in the "80% that nobody uses...

The solution is not to ship a half-baked "word count" feature by default, that some journalists will like and others won't, but to make sure that the application is thoroughly pluggable.

From there, people can set up entire plugin repositories in which journalists can find dozens of plugins that all specifically apply to journalist situations.

Why not have our cake and eat it too? We'll have a very small core application, while everybody can click and install whatever extensions that apply to their specific situation.

Furthermore, why would non-journalist users have to deal with journalist-specific plugins installed by default? It would just confuse the 80%.

Bloatware is NOT the solution to the "80/20" problem. This is and example of the real solution:

http://plugins.jquery.com

[trentmb]

> Why not have our cake and eat it too? We'll have a very small core application, while everybody can click and install whatever extensions that apply to their specific situation.

That's an operating system.