“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)

“I can’t speak to the hardware and “architecture” issues, but I despise the idea of “user interface” patents.

– John Gruber, Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement