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user friendliness: minimising learninguser friendliness: minimising learningPosted Apr 27, 2004 9:27 UTC (Tue) by copsewood (subscriber, #199)In reply to: user friendliness: minimising learning by nobrowser Parent article: Windows vs Linux - Which is easier to install? I was intentionally pointing out this significant deficiency of this particular definition, or implication of "user friendliness". However, no-one in their right mind would make a job more difficult than it need be. Yes it is true that for some the glass tube in front of them is no more than a tool to get a particular job done as quickly as possible. For most intelligent people however, it is something that enough time is spent in front of, such that they really do not want their interaction with it to be designed to minimise their learning and maximise their ignorance. This requires a longer-term perspective in user-interface design. If the jobs you are going this year don't result in you acquiring the knowledge needed to avoid reduncancy next year, was the user interface really that well suited to the task in hand ? Those who wish to promote a culture of lifelong learning therefore need to take this debate - and the positive benefits of the system user spending a little more time in exploring and discovering the environs of their immediate workplace - to a much wider audience.
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