Re: ot (Re: levels of expertise on software usage)

2006-11-16 Thread Oleg Verych
On 2006-11-16, John Hasler wrote: > Oleg Verych writes: >> I saw such one ! On request to lift up mouse (meaining pointer on the >> screen) she lifted up mouse device over the table ;D. > > Perfectly reasonable interpretation of a very poorly-worded instruction, > and more evidence that GUIs are no

Re: ot (Re: levels of expertise on software usage)

2006-11-16 Thread George Borisov
John Hasler wrote: > > Perfectly reasonable interpretation of a very poorly-worded instruction, > and more evidence that GUIs are not at all intuitive. That's right - who in their right mind would want to spend the whole day clutching a small rodent. :-p -- George Borisov DXSolutions Ltd --

Re: ot (Re: levels of expertise on software usage)

2006-11-16 Thread John Hasler
Oleg Verych writes: > I saw such one ! On request to lift up mouse (meaining pointer on the > screen) she lifted up mouse device over the table ;D. Perfectly reasonable interpretation of a very poorly-worded instruction, and more evidence that GUIs are not at all intuitive. -- John Hasler -- T

ot (Re: levels of expertise on software usage)

2006-11-16 Thread Oleg Verych
On 2006-11-15, Chris Bannister wrote: > Aunt Tilly -- someone who hasn't used/seen a computer. I saw such one ! On request to lift up mouse (meaining pointer on the screen) she lifted up mouse device over the table ;D. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: levels of expertise on software usage

2006-11-15 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 11/15/06, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:08:18AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > >according to Craig A. Finseth, and Emacs fan, whose thesis on text editing > >technology was regarded as the authority in the field ^^^ What is regarded a

Re: levels of expertise on software usage

2006-11-15 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:08:18AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > >according to Craig A. Finseth, and Emacs fan, whose thesis on text editing > >technology was regarded as the authority in the field ^^^ What is regarded as the authority in the field now? > """Novice users have

Re: levels of expertise on software usage

2006-11-15 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 11/15/06, user local <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2006/11/15, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > What's your say? Novice :-( here's a shoulder; there's light at the end of the tunnel and let's that hope it's not an approaching train [ you might want to send mail as pure text to

Re: levels of expertise on software usage

2006-11-15 Thread user local
2006/11/15, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: What's your say? Novice :-(

levels of expertise on software usage

2006-11-14 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
according to Craig A. Finseth, and Emacs fan, whose thesis on text editing technology was regarded as the authority in the field """Novice users have used a computer before, perhaps for text editing, word processing, spread sheet, or database applications. In any event, novice users have some f