An elucidating quote from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:
"It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove."
"It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove."
It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.
which isn't quite as catchy.
The example you're looking for, and everyone has properly forgotten about, is the short-lived "no UI" iPod Shuffle.