If a carpenter didn't know how to hit a nail with a hammer right should they make a smarter hammer?
Smarter tools or smarter users?
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 08:44 AM
In software, why is it that the program is expected to get smarter rather than the user getting smarter?
If a carpenter didn't know how to hit a nail with a hammer right should they make a smarter hammer?
If a carpenter didn't know how to hit a nail with a hammer right should they make a smarter hammer?
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 09:14 AM
Step ahead of the curve rex
make smarter tools to make smarter users
make smarter tools to make smarter users
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 09:17 AM
They did, and called it a nail gun. 
It's because people want technology to make things as easy as possible.
It's because people want technology to make things as easy as possible.
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 09:27 AM
I mean, I understand that convenience is the purpose of software; but when things have been the same way for 2+ years users who work for your company should know how to use said tools. They use it on a daily basis ffs.
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 09:46 AM
Yeah, that's the general idea. Getting people to do that is not so easy though.
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 09:52 AM
Just assume they cant use a computer.
The resulting program should be very intuitive
The resulting program should be very intuitive
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 09:59 AM
Safe assumption for some of them. >_>
