[Sigia-l] Don't Make me Learn

[Todd Roberts]

In terms of thinking, I'd probably define an intuitable interface as one
where the "correct" interaction can be learned basically instantly with
minimum cognitive load. In other words, you look at a system and it's
obvious what you are supposed to do without even feeling like you have
"learned" how to do it. This can be promoted with some combination of good
visual design & information scent, inline help, consistent design patterns,
etc, but gets more difficult with complex interactions.

Now, the next question will be "what's the difference between that and
usability?" I think of intuitability is a component of usability, but not
the only factor (and I'm not sure complete intuitability is necessarily
required, getting back to Ziya's original point).

Todd

On 8/22/07, Frank Shepard <fgshepard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Could you explain what you mean by "intuitability" -- specifically,
> how this contrasts with thinking?
>
> Frank
>
> On 8/22/07, Todd Roberts <trrobert at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  Unless intuitability is a competitive advantage for your product.
> >
> > But then the question is whether one could (or should) provide more
> > long-term value by trading off intuitability, or if that tradeoff is
> just
> > being lazy.
> >
> > Todd
> >
> > So can we retire "Don't Make Me Think" as being antiquated and
> wrong-headed?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ziya
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