usability

What are You Looking At?

Article contributed by darkwyrm on Wed, 2003-09-10 09:00

[Obnoxious, snotty narrator begins]

"....When last we left our heroes at Munstris Diveloperz Inc., they were left wondering how applications can be made truly simple. Some software just worked well and other software just seemed bad, but they couldn't figure out why. It seemed like finding a good software tool was no simpler a task than navigating a vast digital jungle with little more than a pocket knife while wishing for a razor-sharp machete. As digital carpenters, the development team needed a good whack with a Clue-By-Four™ or face being left pretty much to the same shoddy equipment as everyone else. The management just needed a good whack."

It should just work

Article contributed by mphipps on Sun, 2002-06-02 09:00

I had a lot of company this weekend — it was really our first time entertaining in the new house (other than an occasional friend dropping by). I like to think that my friends are a fairly intelligent group. Birds of a feather and all. My friends often come to me for help with their computer "issues", despite the fact that I haven't run Windows as my OS of choice since 1996. One of the many reasons that I don't discourage them is that, if you have ears to hear, you can learn a lot from users. Oh — and I want to keep my friends.

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