“Once you overload the user, you train them not to pay attention. More clutter isn’t free. In fact, more clutter is a permanent shift, a desensitization to all the information, not just the last bit.

– Seth Godin, in a instantly popular post The inevitable decline due to clutter

“Clutter and confusion are not attributes of information, they are failures of design.

– Edward Tufte, on Windows Phone 7 Series (WP7S)

“The rest of the market, […] insists on peddling either outright crap or cheap imitations of Apple’s aesthetic

– Loper OS, Non-Apple’s Mistake