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Some designers and toolmakers say stating a goal will replace point and click, while others say designed screens stay
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- Some designers and toolmakers say people will state a goal instead of clicking through screens.
- Smashing Magazine argues the best interface is no interface, and GitHub and GitLab let people describe a task for an agent to do.
- Dylan Field says designed interfaces stay because people must audit what agents do, and others warn against putting everything in chat.
- Few sources make either case directly, so this is an argument rather than a measured shift.
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If you are a PM
BeforeNow
Success counts tasks completedMeasure if the agent understood the goal
Users know what to typeCheck users can describe goals in your words
BeforeNow
People click through each stepDesign how a goal is typed and confirmed
The agent always reads the goal right
Who said it
Elena Vernaelenaverna.com · 5 November 2026
The end of feature discovery as we know it.…But now our customers can just tell the product what they want to accomplish, and the AI figures out which capabilities to serve up. …
