Re: dia-list Digest, Vol 91, Issue 3

[Ron Wilson <wilsonronl gmail com>]

> Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:31:15 -0400
> From: Tech Support Department <tech frontrowcomputer com>
> To: dia-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: Sentience
> The program is clearly demonstrating that
> the average user still does not find the intuitiveness they
> normally expect.  This speaks loudly to anyone interested.  I realize
> that this is someone else's hobby
> project, but I don't think anyone should be surprised at the questions
> asked.  They all center around the
> issue of lacking an intuitive interface.  This could be remedied.

Intutive is relative to what one already knows. If you learn Visio
first, then a similar app that does not have the same controls,
layout, etc, as Visio will feel unintuitive. I can relate to this, as
I learned Visio first, On the other hand, I learned GIMP before
PhotoShop, so PhotoShop feels unintuitive to me. Similarly with other
applications. I learned Word Perfect before I learned MS Word, so MS
Word has always felt unintuitive to me. Indeed, I know a lot of
adanced users of pre-2007 MS Word. They mostly hate Word 2007. They
find it unintuitive. A lot of these people have switched over to
OpenOffice or LibreOffice because either of these is more like
pre-2007 Word than Word 2007 is, therefore, more intuitive.