A program is intuitive if it matches something in our previous experience.
Before computers, business professionals used typewriters. If you want a
computer to be intuitive, you need to make it work as much like a typewriter
as possible. (I'm still amazed that, after 30+ years, the typewriter remains
the model of the word processing user interface, even for those who have
never touched a typewriter.)
But, by making it intuitive, you lose the power of the computer. To gain the
power of the computer, old dogs need to learn new tricks, like paragraph
styles, which isn't intuitive.
Virgil
-----Original Message-----
From: Jean-Francois Nifenecker
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 2:16 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles
Hi,
Le 05/05/2013 05:14, Andrew K a écrit :
I find that most people I know who use word processors as a (barely
glorified) typewriter are those who are most resistant to using
styles.
They are not resistant: they have never been seriously told about styles
and their bosses believe software marketting (IT is supposed to be easy
and intuitive, which it is *not*).
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Jean-Francois Nifenecker, Bordeaux
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