<bq href="http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00036T&topic_id=1&topic=Ask+E%2eT%2e" source="Ask E.T." caption="Interface design and the iPhone" author="Edward Tufte">To clarify, add detail. And, clutter and overload are not an attribute of information, they are failures of design. Don't start to throw out information---instead, fix the design.</bq>