Maybe you just defined delightfulness? Things that just work and not get in my way are few enough and far enough between that when it happens, I'm always delighted! ;)
Yes, delight has been overused and dumbed down to industry vernacular for any positive user emotion.
It has a connotation that includes rarity or almost... (and I am putting on my over the top sales person hat) "something to be treasured". But I chose the word intentionally to reference stumble upon which I think a lot of folks on HN feel nostalgia for.
I think it is about semantics and perspective, but a delighted user is someone that just saved money, or saved from an arduous chore, or got laid. Delight is the sensation derived from the usage of the product, not from any particular feature.
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