Manifesto

The Interclue Manifesto (0.00002 Pre-Alpha)
• Our users are our first priority.
• The privacy and security of our users must be respected.
• We should seek as much feedback and interaction with our users as possible.
• Increasing the value of the web platform is our second priority.
• We are a responsible, sustainable endeavour and profitability is not the be all and end all.
• But we are a commercial endeavour and our long term profitability cannot be ignored.
• We are but one of many stakeholders in the internet environment, and the most important stakeholders are the users.

Our Development Policies

• Our development policies are guided by our company principles.
• We should be pro-active in protecting our user’s privacy and security.
• The value of our user’s screen real-estate and mouse travel time should be respected. Every pixel counts.
• We should aim to support as many browsers and platforms as possible.
• We should test our code well, and work towards having a full set of QA tests, as automated as possible.
• We should allow the user as much control as possible over their user experience.
• We should design for a mainstream audience by default, but make available all sensible options for power users.
• We should set policy regarding the standard interractions
• We should not seek to provide options without clear user requirements for them.
• We should not be afraid to remove options once it’s been established that there is clearly one “best” answer for ~90-95% of user contexts.
• We should be international, and support as many languages as feasible.
• We should attempt to increase exposure for new web standards and APIs
• Above all, we must help our users get things done faster.
• We should have Open APIs, and support for people using them.