Alternative theory of constraints
I have an alternative theory of constraints. It's got nothing to do with Dr E M Goldratt's Theory of Constraints. My alternative theory suggests that in some cases constraints are good. Consider Microsoft Word. It has too many features. All you need for a document are titles, paragraphs, tables, lists, a table of contents. Very little else. Instead of taking time working on great content, users get bogged down in the chrome - the way it looks, the fonts, the spacing, the margins; none of it useful to the reader. All those extraneous features make interoperability hard. Despite Google Docs, Libre Office and Apple Pages all trying their best, they don't faithfully recreate the documents of Microsoft Word, even though they may recreate or even improve upon the experience of writing a document.
So let's throw away these archaic connections to the age of paper and start documenting using simplified content markup or markdown standards. We can add the chrome later and keep it separate from the content - switching styles with the flick of a digital button.
