On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I think the word 'usable' is being used in a strange way. When someone says > 'adding the coordinates makes the map less usable' they mean 'Many people > don't know what that funny number means and when people see something they > don't understand, they feel unconfortable, so they are unlikely to visit > this website again'.
'Usability' is an HCI term. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability In this context user confusion (and clutter) would tend to count against usability. Obviously other factors apply. And whether a particular feature makes a significant impact on the usability of a site is a different matter to whether it is itself usable. Dave _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
