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ams6110 on Dec 2, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Craigslist blocks Yahoo Pipes

Many apartment/house finding sites have these features: search pages with dozens of checkboxes and dropdowns, and equally complex data entry pages for the people listing the apartments/houses. Yet Craigslist dominates. Simplicity wins.

seiji on Dec 2, 2009 [–]

Craigslist isn't a "simplicity wins" situation, it's a lockin-by-failure-of-innovation situation (see: IE6).

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