7 May
2002
7 May
'02
12:27 p.m.
On Tue, 7 May 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
You are confusing 'easy to learn' with
'easy to use'. They are not the
same thing, no matter what marketroids may think. 'Easy to use' means
that a device does what I expect it to do, that it doesn't do something
crazy for not obvious reason, that it can be used to solve the real
problem I have, and so on. It does not mean that I expect to be able to
use the device without learning a little about it.
"Ease of Use" and "Ease of Learning" are the same, iff one is
incapable of
learning.
Simple example:
Wordstar cursor motion. It is very easy to use, but could be very hard to
learn for some people.