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Non-standard behaviour should not be enabled by default

m posted December 29, 2010

Non-standard behaviour should not be enabled by default is a fundamental corollary of the principle of least astonishment.

A program, object, or other tool can freely support any additional functions than what is expected of a tool, but it should by default be able to do the expected job. If a standard WidgetWixer wixes widgets counterclockwise, anything that advertises itself as a WidgetWixer should in its default mode wix widgets counterclockwise. By concious user action only, should something advertised as a WidgetWixer wix widgets clockwise.