On Tuesday 26 December 2006 11:25, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Tuesday 26 December 2006 10:39, Simon Roberts wrote:
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Randall R Schulz a écrit :
Once you buy software, you should not be expected to also buy training in the use of that software.
Cooking and photography are arts. Using a computer should not be. You have to distinguish, say, writing a novel or a screen play from operating word-processing software. The former is an art and a skill. The latter should be easy and straightforward enough to disappear from the mind of the person using it.
It should _not_ be a matter of the user meeting the software (or its creators) half way. The software should bridge the _whole_ gap to the user. Period.
I agree.
I'm really surprised so many people are arguing that software as we now experience it exhibits more than than an absolute minimum degree of quality: usability, reliability, stability, predictability, naturalness, etc.
Randall Schulz
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