---
title: Sometimes I don't need more options
description: Good design is more about removing options.
image: https://www.yell.is/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ed4c5-screenshot2013-07-01at11-16-04am-1.png
---

![](https://www.yell.is/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ed4c5-screenshot2013-07-01at11-16-04am-1.png)

 Gmail now lets me select an on-screen Dvorak keyboard.

[![](https://www.yell.is/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ed4c5-screenshot2013-07-01at11-16-04am-1.png?width=400&height=187&name=ed4c5-screenshot2013-07-01at11-16-04am-1.png)](https://www.yell.is/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ed4c5-screenshot2013-07-01at11-16-04am.png)

Haven't we decided that's not useful? Why devote screen real estate and thus attention to something that's useless?

Better to focus on a clean experience where the tools we want are easy to use.

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