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Hyplus: Easy to use
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Your awareness of your keyboard "disappears" with good software.
Def: Good software creates a tightly coupled linkage between the commands,
=== the screen actions, and your mental processes, allowing almost
unconscious operation. However:
-- good software may not be initially easy or intuitive to use!
Why? Good software may require discipline and training by the user (similar
==== to mastering a piano) before the ideal mind-machine links occur. This
leads to the major mistakes contained in most software reviews -- that
of confusing the easy and intuitive with the good. <link05>
False Attitudes that demand mastery in two minutes without a manual may
===== fairly judge toys, but using such standards to evaluate books, music,
art, instruments, or software creations can be shortsighted, especially
if goals include the pleasures of mastery or the transfer of knowledge.
Summary: Good software may require initial effort by users whereas easy,
======== intuitive software doesn't. Hyplus? The arrow commands are
auto-intuitive, but creating good hypertext requires effort.