Re: [arch-d] I-D Action: draft-iab-for-the-users-01.txt

Hi,

There's a lot of good stuff in this draft. Just one point caught my eye:

> 4.6.  Deprioritising Internal Needs
> 
>    There are a number of needs that are very visible to us as
>    specification authors, but should explicitly not be prioritised over
>    the needs of end users.
> 
>    These include: convenience for document editors, IETF process
>    matters, and "architectural purity".

I suggest making the last point: "architectural purity" for its own sake.
There are certainly many cases where the argument *for* architectural
purity is the principle of least astonishment, which directly benefits
the user experience.

Another point that occurs to me is whether the draft should say something
about user interface issues. Of course that topic is out of IETF scope,
but the protocol model may affect the UI in ways that have great
impact on the user.

Regards
   Brian Carpenter

On 18-Nov-19 13:43, internet-drafts@ietf.org wrote:
> 
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> This draft is a work item of the Internet Architecture Board IETF of the IETF.
> 
>         Title           : The Internet is for End Users
>         Author          : Mark Nottingham
> 	Filename        : draft-iab-for-the-users-01.txt
> 	Pages           : 11
> 	Date            : 2019-11-17
> 
> Abstract:
>    This document explains why the IAB believes the IETF should consider
>    end users as its highest priority concern, and how that can be done.
> 
> 
> The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-iab-for-the-users/
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