A really good article on software usability
Anne Wilson
cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk
Fri Jan 5 17:09:44 UTC 2007
On Friday 05 January 2007 16:49, William Case wrote:
>
> People with an 80 IQ should be just as welcome using a computer as
> someone with a 120 IQ and beyond.
>
And why not? As long as it can be set up to meet their needs, fine. But to
do this we *must* retain choice. Without it they would be exposed to
unsuitable conditions that would make the experience most unsatisfactory.
> I believe that Linux and Linux applications do not need to choose
> between what features, prompts or plugins to include and what to leave
> out. It can do both. It can start as an appliance, with simple, clear,
> 'just works' defaults but also have a powerful configuration editor so
> that once people are familiar with the basic tools they can begin to
> make personalized adjustments. If prompts, asking me to save are
> annoying, then let me turn them off.
>
Exactly. Retain the functionality, but give and enhance choice.
Anne
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