-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote on 03/11/09 15:02: >... > This does not at all resemble any computer system in the world of fact, > such as I know it. I propose that we stop saying that Ubuntu is > intuitive and leave that kind of sillyness to others. Instead, we should > say that Ubuntu is a _didactive_ system. The user isn't expected to rely > on intuition to be able to use the software -- that's not user friendly. > Instead, the system _teaches_ the user to use itself. >...
The usual term for this is "learnability". <http://www.usabilityfirst.com/glossary/term_945.txl> <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030825.html> There are various techniques for improving learnability. These include simplicity, consistency, and instruction. - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkrxee4ACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecrE6ACfZNdwx68bDKUUoJMlVXuOloSo sKcAn210rlpzIrkFlx+1rvMWRrUDaL8C =Mk01 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
