Editing Feature creep (section)

===Variations and options===
Another method of controlling feature creep is maintaining multiple variations of products, where features are  limited and reduced in the more basic variations, e.g. [[Microsoft Windows]] editions. For software [[user interface]]s, viewing modes or operation modes can be used (e.g. basic mode or expert mode), between which the users can select to match their own needs.

Both in many [[graphical user interface]]s and [[command-line interface]]s, users are able to opt in for a higher verbosity manually. In the latter case, in many command-line programs, adding a <code>-v</code> or <code>--verbose</code> option manually, does show more detailed information that might be less relevant to minimal users, but useful to power users or for debugging and troubleshooting purposes. 

Because the ever-growing, ever-expanding addition of new features might exceed available resources, a minimal core "basic" version of a product can be maintained separately, to ensure operation in smaller operating environments. Using the "80/20 rule", the more basic product variations might fulfill the needs of the majority (e.g. ~80%) of the users, so they would not be subjected to the complexity (or extra expense) of features requested by the advanced 20% of users. The extra features are still available, but optional and ready to be utilized for those who solicit them, but they have not been implemented into the basic versions of the products.

====Modularity====
Another solution for feature creep is [[modularity]]. Power users who require more functionality can retrofit needed features by downloading software modules, [[Plug-in (computing)|plug-in]]s, add-ons (also known as add-ins) and custom themes to match their personal requirements.