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[Tyler Brainerd <tylerbrainerd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3:51 AM, Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> > I mentioned doing usability tests. My point is that the most used
> > should be the most easily accessible. Does anyone disagree on that?
>
> The discussion is not boolean. It is not about disagreeing or not
> that it should be easy, but about *how* easy it should be.
>
> One thing that is being forgotten here, in my opinion, is that there
> is, indeed, a thing such as "too easy". Usually, the more effective
> a system is when successfully guesses what the user wants, the more
> frustrating it is when it fails.
>
> I agree. Thats why I think we need to do some serious testing to see if
users can adjust smoothly to copy/paste/move/ and basic selection in a
single click mode, so we can determine if we want to push forward with all
single click actions or if its far to much trouble to be worth it.



> > Doesn’t Google only show the first two results for the auto-corrected
> > word and below those the results for the exact word you put in? It
> > does that for me.
>
> It *says* it does. Try 'brittany spears' and check the below results
> it *says* it corresponds to 'brittany spears'. They all actually
> correspond to 'britney' (as evidenced by the bolding). If I remember
> correctly, the only to effectively enforce the spelling is using
> double-quotes, and even so your mileage may vary.
>
>
>
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