A really good article on software usability

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 05 January 2007 14:23, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> > If the user does not use their brain, then all is lost.  There's a
> > number of people I've come very close to telling that they're too stupid
> > to use a computer.  No matter how many years of instructing, no matter
> > how many years they complain about the same thing going wrong, they
> > don't learn, they don't pay attention to the explanations, they just
> > whinge at you while you're talking to them.
>
> Yes, that's the point.  For a lot of things, software should work
> like an appliance.  If the thing that needs to be done can be
> predicted, just do it without offering any choices.  

<scream.......>  Where have I seen that idea?  Oh yes, in systems that I won't 
use.

Anne
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