25 Jul
2005
25 Jul
'05
4:34 p.m.
On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 10:46 +0200, Mario Lang wrote:
That is the point, I absolutely dont feel reading up
on something
is necessarily a bad thing. My hair stand up if I watch
a typical no-clue windows user more or less randomly hitting
buttons in the interface until "something" works. I do feel this
"it has to work out of the box without me having to know anything
about it" attitude is childish.
I disagree violently with this line of reasoning. Software should
ALWAYS work the way the user expects it to unless there is a DAMN GOOD
REASON, for example if you are offering a much more powerful interface
than the user is used to.
For example, most apps (Firefox and IE) use "Ctrl-F" to 'Find in page'.
Except Evolution, which forces you to use "Ctrl-S" to 'Find (Search) in
page', because they have already bound Ctrl-F to 'Forward message'.
This is a MAJOR usability bug; "We didn't feel like doing it the normal
way" is NEVER a "good reason" for usability purposes.
Lee