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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Keramik feelings and sounds...
From:       "Steven D'Aprano" <dippy () cosmos ! net ! au>
Date:       2002-07-04 12:54:52
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On Thu,  4 Jul 2002 10:31, Neil Stevens wrote:

> But it's only intuitive that a big bulky UI would have inertia!
>
> We're always being told to be intuitive!  Here's a golden
> opportunity!

I suppose you are being sarcastic, but this is a good time to remind 
people of a couple of things:

(1) The only truly intuitive interface is the nipple. Everything else 
is learnt.

(2) Ease-of-learning is only one factor among many that makes an 
interface great. Ease-of-use is another. They are not the same thing.

And at all time, the most important factor must be: usefulness. It 
doesn't matter how great your UI is, if the program doesn't do anything 
useful, then no-one will use it. If the real world gives you barriers 
and difficulties, why implement them in software? That is why text 
editors don't duplicate type-writers *exactly*. If you make a mistake, 
you don't have to throw away the entire page and re-type the lot from 
scratch.


-- 
Steven D'Aprano

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