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Software Usability As A Technical Problem
An anonymous reader writes "Let's face it. Poor user interface design is a big problem in software today, particularly in the Open Source world. A recent article on NewsForge addresses this problem from the perspective that software usability is a technical issue that Open Source developers can and should face and conquer, just as we have conquered other technical problems that have stood in our way." (Slashdot and NewsForge are both part of OSDN.)
Ford Prefect: No, but I've got a different name for the problem.
- The Hitck-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy.
.... tit could use some useability...
If there is one thing in this world that doesn't need useability improvements, that would be it...
As the quote goes:
"The only intuitive interface is the nipple, after that, it's all learned."
XML is like violence. If it doesn't solve the problem, use more.
Yeah, nobody pays any attention to interface these days.
a victim (who was killed by the device) was quoted as saying
He came back from the dead? Cool.
Remember Homer's car?
Forget thrust, drag, lift and weight. Airplanes fly because of money.
I was going to mod you insightful, but this slashdot interface is too complicated to figure out.
A friend of mine went through alot of effort to get his racing wheel to be able to control his mp3 player, so he could just spin the wheel with his foot from his bed and not have to get up to change tracks.
:P
Someone once told me "The two required qualities of a successful programmer are laziness, and hubris."
Introducing the new Occam Fusion! Now with sqrt(-1) fewer blades!
Like Yoda you speak. But, agreeing with you I am.
perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5, (41*2), sqrt(7056), (unpack(c,H)-2), oct(115), 10);'
Thanks. I'll try that and see if that helps. I'm glad Windows has such ease of use! In Linux, I'd probably have to edit a *.rc file somewhere.
So what we need is two buttons for every function, on opposite sides of the screen, which need to be clicked on simultaneously.
What, that wasn't the point of your post? I see.
Why is anything anything?
At first I thought it was a silly thing to do that would insult the operator's intelligence (who would be stupid enough to reach into a compactor while it was running?) But one of the operators confided that it was a great idea because after being burned out from working a couple of double shift days in a row, he didn't want to loose his hand from a simple operational oversight.
I've always thought that "user friendly" meant "inuitive when shitfaced."
"Intuitive when tired" works, too.
They have a pill for that sort of thing now, you know. Technical problem indeed.
Shop as usual. And avoid panic buying.