These are all good but I don't think any cover the concept of being extremely quick to learn
A UI can be very unfamiliar, but draw on many well-understood concepts to create something completely new yet easily understood. Language is a flexible thing, often changed over time by usage, and I think in this case people often look a good design and call it 'intuitive', meaning they quickly grasped it without much effort. I think to have a new interface 'not require learning' isn't helpful - there will be learning, but I don't mind the use of 'intuitive'. On 14 May 2010 17:13, Thorsten Wilms <t...@freenet.de> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 08:25 -0700, Tyler Brainerd wrote: > > I actually agree. Which word ought we to use instead, to describe the > > ease of understanding that a user has when interacting in a way that > > is familiar through learned experience? > > As mentioned, that is the benefit of Familiarity. This term reminds you > to think of who does and doesn't share the specific experience that is > the base of familiarity. > > Other factors that likely come into play are: > * Predictability > * Consistency > * Conceptual Simplicity > > There's also ease of learning or Learnability, but I'd be careful there, > as that has to be the result of several factors and one might want to > include how much a users recalls after a period of abstinence. > > Also, there's another issue with the word intuitive, from: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability#Intuitive_interfaces: > --- > Bruce Tognazzini even denies the existence of "intuitive" interfaces, > since such interfaces must be able to intuit, i.e. "perceive the > patterns of the user's behavior and draw inferences."[5] Instead, he > advocates the term "intuitable", i.e. "that users could intuit the > workings of an application by seeing it and using it." He continues, > however, "But even that is a less than useful goal since only 25 percent > of the population depends on intuition to perceive anything." > --- > > > -- > 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 > -- http://formd.net
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