idiot-proof systems can only be used by idiots 2011/5/8 Joey K Tuttle <[email protected]>
> Well, I don't think so - but maybe related - or perhaps inversely > related.... > > I usually don't feel "idiot-proof" is "user friendly". > > I think google.com is user friendly, I don't feel the same about > yahoo.com even though (or perhaps because) it presents more > information. > > Friendly is helping me without the intrusion of something like the > paper clip guy in MS Word. You know, the one that pops up and says, > "It looks like you are writing a suicide note, would you like help > with that?" > > Maybe software can overstep some limit - e.g. when, just now, I typed > "google.com" into my Chrome browser it presented me my "iGoogle" page > - going more towards Yahoo.com, this doesn't happen in Safari or > Firefox, but all the browsers can sometimes be "in your face" with > help... > > Friendly is loading quickly and not leading me through a series of > steps to get to my goal. > > I think J is friendly because it doesn't require hundreds or > thousands of statements to do interesting things. It's small/quick > enough that I can use it in a dynamic environment such as CGI. > > Even a few seconds of delay time causes unfriendly feelings. > > On the other hand - a friend once said, "Computers allow men to make > more mistakes faster than any other invention in history, with the > possible exception of tequila and hand guns..." > > - joey > > > At 11:45 PM -0400 11/05/07, Devon McCormick wrote: > >Is "user-friendly" what we used to call "idiot-proof"? > > > >On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Joey K Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I agree on that. The term "user friendly" is much abused and misused. > An > >> extra click (or 2 or ...), and extra seconds of response time can be > fatal > >> flaws. > >> > >> - joey iPa... > >> > >> > >> > >> On May 7, 2011, at 2:06 AM, Dejun Guo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > With cloud computing (TM hype) more popular, we have to think about > >> > programming efficiency both in size and speed, because it's paid by > IO > >> and > >> > time. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fornustekkum II 781 Hornafirði, t-póst: [email protected] gsm: +3546985532 twitter: @flugfiskur http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
