Allegedly, on or about 09 February 2013, Joe Zeff sent: > Much of what made Windows and MS Office so popular was their > consistent "Look and Feel." Learn one, you were close to learning > all. While the reason is true (people like consistency), the actuality is that office was forever changing how you used it. That seems even more the case with Windows users, who usually learn by rote, following a precise recipe of steps, rather than understand the principles of what they're trying to do. I know people who've gone on a course that taught them how to use just a few of the special features of office, but can't do the same thing on a later release of the same software. I use several computers, and it's really annoying to have to use different software on each of them. When I go to click on a toolbar icon, very few of the icons clearly represent what they mean, some are highly obscure, and they're not all in the same locations. Evolution mail on Fedora 17 being a prime example, twice I've printed junk mail, rather than trash it, because the icon was so indistinct. It's even more annoying when programs change hotkeys. What you end up getting used to is reaching for icons in certain positions. And the same applies for menus. That's termed, "muscle memory," by some, and is the technique that most musicians that read music and play without looking at their fingers, are used to. You're used to things being in certain places, relative to other things, and you can automatically reach for them. Unfortunately, with different releases of software, and whole operating systems, that stuff changes all over the place (the positions change, features disappear, et cetera). And is a key reason why a lot of people object to replacing their software. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.7.3-101.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jan 18 17:40:57 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
