I sort of disagree with you. People do not read the manual when they get
a device. They try to use it and if they have to resort to the manual
the designer has failed.
with so complex a device the freerunner is, it is bound to require some
studying before being able to use it fully.
things like a mobile phone in the 21t century should be as close to
intuitive as makes no difference.
and that's, i think, is the core problem: the freerunner is no mobile
phone!
it does not simply do calls and sms.
it's a full fledged computer which allows even for phone functionality.
and for intuitivity: why has mcdonalds in the us of a to print "caution!
hot!" on it's coffee cups? who expects cold coffee in a newly purchased
coffee mug?
why has a microwave to say "don't put pets in here!"?
intuitive means basically nothing else than: meet the user's expectations
-- and those users are trained by other paradigms already.
the "start" button of windows 95 needed user training (who'd guess "start"
means shutdown?) and still there's a popup on hover telling you, what's
the meaning of so integral a part of the windows gui -- after about 12
years!
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