> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 2:16 PM > From: "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support> > To: "George Mauer" <gma...@gmail.com> > Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > Subject: Re: A dream? > > * George Mauer <gma...@gmail.com> [2023-04-03 18:17]: > > Emacs is a complex tool that itself can take a semester or more to get > > productive in. I know I myself tried for years to move to it and was only > > able to after learning vim bindings pretty well, and starting to use > > Spacemacs. Forcing students to use emacs, much less org - especially in > > this day and age where students *will* ask online, and *will* get a > > response of "no one actually uses that" - will probably meet with a ton of > > resistance.
We ran it on the International Space Station. If that is the response of students, then they are lame bro, > We have got no problem to let staff members use Emacs in East > Africa. I have not get any protest yet, people are interested. > > I have seen American surgeon and his brother from university totally > delighted with the usage of Emacs and "how everything works in one > program". They kept asking what is it. > > Here is how to verify usability of Emacs, once you verify it, let us > know: > > Usability 101: Introduction to Usability: > https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-101-introduction-to-usability/ > > How Many Test Users in a Usability Study?: > https://www.nngroup.com/articles/how-many-test-users/ > > Usability Testing 101: > https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-testing-101/ > > -- > Jean > > Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: > https://www.fsf.org/campaigns > > In support of Richard M. Stallman > https://stallmansupport.org/ > >
