Very well-worded point, Thorsten. This expresses in clean, concise words (and with references!) my general feelings on the subject.
Thanks, -Scott On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Thorsten Wilms <t...@freenet.de> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 11:37 +0200, Jan-Christoph Borchardt wrote: > > > That is exactly why interaction needs to be intuitive and not require > learning. > > This is totally unrealistic. Humans can't even walk or talk without > learning. > > Some say the nipple would be the only intuitive interface. I've been > told that not even breast feeding just works on first try ... > > Also see: > http://www.uie.com/articles/design_intuitive/ > > The thing that makes people think something would be "intuitive" is > actually familiarity. It might be useful to think of familiarity coming > from 3 sources: > * Physical, real world experience that can be leveraged with metaphors > and pseudo-physical interface elements (or perhaps custom interface > hardware). > * Experience with existing software. > * Concepts/thought-models from specific fields. > > I think the term "intuitive" should be avoided, banned even, from > further discussion. It's a symptom of a lack of understanding in this > field. > > > -- > Thorsten Wilms > > thorwil's design for free software: > http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Scott Armitage, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. candidate Space Flight Laboratory University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies 4925 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3H 5T6
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