Generic Commands.

In application design, there's a tension between power and simplicity: Users want the ability to get a lot done, but they don't want to take the time to learn lots of complicated features.

• One way to address this dilemma is to use progressive disclosure — that is, to show users only the most important options until they ask for the advanced features.


• Another good approach is to use generic commands, which remain the same across many different contexts and thus reduce complexity.

Nice reads.