[linux-audio-user] Usability vs Intuitability in Ardour

[Ben Loftis]

Here's my take on usability vs intuitiveness ( with credit to Jef Raskin who 
probably said it better ):

Most professional audio gear is like a bicycle.  A bike is certainly not 
intuitive to a first time user, but once you learn how to balance, steer, 
etc, you can get around faster than someone on foot.  This has sometimes been 
described as "intuitable" rather than intuitive.

Professional audio tools can look quite alarming to the novice but must allow 
a pro facing a tight deadline to get his or her work done.  Ardour should 
strive to be intuitable, not intuitive.  I think it is progressing in this 
direction quite nicely. 

-Ben Loftis


On Monday 25 July 2005 1:17 pm, linux-audio-user-request at music.columbia.edu 
wrote:
>    newbie-friendliness is not the same as user-friendliness and if I use
> something day to day I probably have different preferences than somebody
> who just started to use it - and that's same for computers and anything
> else.