Language is hardly a compelling example. Especially English. If anything, it can be used as an argument that we should be able to design something BETTER!
Just take a look at the words "go" and "do". Someone learning the language would naturally think that they should sound the same, but they don't. That is just one of many possible examples.
We should NOT be creating interfaces that take 20 years to master. Those already exist and they are beyond excuse. We should be creating ways to enable to people to use computers faster and more easily. For some tasks, the CLI works best for others the GUI and for others a combination or maybe something completely different. Most important is to build tools that do the job well and not become locked into this narrow argument of having only one way to do something.
One more note. Considering how much trouble misunderstandings have caused throughout histroy, language could really use some idiot proofing... IMHO.:-)
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Language is hardly a compelling example. Especially English. If anything, it can be used as an argument that we should be able to design something BETTER!
:-)
Just take a look at the words "go" and "do". Someone learning the language would naturally think that they should sound the same, but they don't. That is just one of many possible examples.
We should NOT be creating interfaces that take 20 years to master. Those already exist and they are beyond excuse. We should be creating ways to enable to people to use computers faster and more easily. For some tasks, the CLI works best for others the GUI and for others a combination or maybe something completely different. Most important is to build tools that do the job well and not become locked into this narrow argument of having only one way to do something.
One more note. Considering how much trouble misunderstandings have caused throughout histroy, language could really use some idiot proofing... IMHO.
- Joseph Edward Miele