Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:35:11 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org> Cc: Robert Hough <rch@acidpit.org>, Paul Robinson <paul@akita.co.uk>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: EzBSD aint for me! Was: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <a05101010b83fcba4c1b0@[10.0.1.22]> In-Reply-To: <3C16C7B1.1151FCC5@mindspring.com> References: <0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk> <01121010202100.00345@stinky.akitanet.co.uk> <20011211144049.A14693@acidpit.org> <20011211214943.A4489@tisys.org> <3C16C7B1.1151FCC5@mindspring.com>
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At 6:57 PM -0800 on 2001/12/11, Terry Lambert wrote: > It was, I think, the epitome of beauty and elegance in industrial > design for human factors: its use was obvious and unambiguous... > you walked up, put your head inside the "wings", and pressed the big > yellow button. > > Apparently, these units have been deployed in a number of European > countries for road-side assistance. Really? Do you know which ones? In my travels throughout Belgium and the Netherlands, and what travelling I've done in the UK, Germany, France, and Italy, I have never seen anything I recall that looked remotely like what you describe. If they're over here somewhere, I'd like very much to see them so that I can get a feel for the sort of thing you're talking about. > So, respectfully, I will have to disagree with you, and claim that > computers *can* be made easy to use, but to do it requires will and > determination. My view is that you have to ask the question as for whom it is easy to use. Something that is easy for me to use may be exceptionally difficult for you, and vice-versa. Making something easy for an expert to use may directly conflict with its ease-of-use for a novice (and vice-versa). -- Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be> H4sICIFgXzsCA2RtYS1zaWcAPVHLbsMwDDvXX0H0kkvbfxiwVw8FCmzAzqqj1F4dy7CdBfn7 Kc6wmyGRFEnvvxiWQoCvqI7RSWTcfGXQNqCUAnfIU+AT8OZ/GCNjRVlH0bKpguJkxiITZqes MxwpSucyDJzXxQEUe/ihgXqJXUXwD9ajB6NHonLmNrUSK9nacHQnH097szO74xFXqtlbT3il wMsBz5cnfCR5cEmci0Rj9u/jqBbPeES1I4PeFBXPUIT1XDSOuutFXylzrQvGyboWstCoQZyP dxX4dLx0eauFe1x9puhoi0Ao1omEJo+BZ6XLVNaVpWiKekxN0VK2VMpmAy+Bk7ZV4SO+p1L/ uErNRS/qH2iFU+iNOtbcmVt9N16lfF7tLv9FXNj8AiyNcOi1AQAA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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