Spartan Design Goals

Goals

Above all else, spartan strives to achieve the following...

Simple - it should fit your head and avoid complexity pitfalls.

Familiar - it should be compatible with existing stacks and libraries.

Fun - it should be enjoyable to use and build content for.

Inspiring - it should encourage new ideas for UI and client/server design.

Non-Goals

The following are explicit "non-goals" for spartan. This is not to say that they aren't valid pursuits on their own merit. However, in an attempt to stay grounded, spartan does not attempt to solve them directly.

Privacy

Security

Speed

Efficiency

Accessibility

Minimalism

Modernization

Fixing the Web

Free Software

The Unix Philosophy