APPLEVISION Monitor

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Tue May 7 19:27:11 2002

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.
Received on Tue May 07 2002 - 19:27:11 BST