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[Tyler Brainerd <tylerbrainerd@xxxxxxxxx>]

But even with this, its generally through the ingrained
cultural familiarity with computers that allows a user to, for instance,
navigate to a website. http://www. is hardly easy to learn in and of itself,
but it is familiar enough to not cause horrible problems (sometimes).

I think the only way we can really use Intuitive is within the context of
people who are already rather familiar with computer use, not new users.

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Joe Lanman <joe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> These are all good but I don't think any cover the concept of being
> extremely quick to learn
>
> A UI can be very unfamiliar, but draw on many well-understood concepts to
> create something completely new yet easily understood.
>
> Language is a flexible thing, often changed over time by usage, and I think
> in this case people often look a good design and call it 'intuitive',
> meaning they quickly grasped it without much effort. I think to have a new
> interface 'not require learning' isn't helpful - there will be learning,
> but I don't mind the use of 'intuitive'.
>
>
>
> On 14 May 2010 17:13, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 08:25 -0700, Tyler Brainerd wrote:
>> > I actually agree. Which word ought we to use instead, to describe the
>> > ease of understanding that a user has when interacting in a way that
>> > is familiar through learned experience?
>>
>> As mentioned, that is the benefit of Familiarity. This term reminds you
>> to think of who does and doesn't share the specific experience that is
>> the base of familiarity.
>>
>> Other factors that likely come into play are:
>>  * Predictability
>>  * Consistency
>>  * Conceptual Simplicity
>>
>> There's also ease of learning or Learnability, but I'd be careful there,
>> as that has to be the result of several factors and one might want to
>> include how much a users recalls after a period of abstinence.
>>
>> Also, there's another issue with the word intuitive, from:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability#Intuitive_interfaces:
>> ---
>> Bruce Tognazzini even denies the existence of "intuitive" interfaces,
>> since such interfaces must be able to intuit, i.e. "perceive the
>> patterns of the user's behavior and draw inferences."[5] Instead, he
>> advocates the term "intuitable", i.e. "that users could intuit the
>> workings of an application by seeing it and using it." He continues,
>> however, "But even that is a less than useful goal since only 25 percent
>> of the population depends on intuition to perceive anything."
>> ---
>>
>>
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>> Thorsten Wilms
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