http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/11/30/is-too-much-usability-a-bad-thing/ The usability blog of John S. Rhodes Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:10:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/11/30/is-too-much-usability-a-bad-thing/#comment-40633 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:33:40 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/11/30/is-too-much-usability-a-bad-thing/#comment-40633 Just because software is complex doesn't mean you shouldn't try to improve the design to make it easier to learn or easier to get back into than the first design you started with on the project. Too much usability is not really accurate. Too simplistic is what you're talking about. Just because software is complex doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to improve the design to make it easier to learn or easier to get back into than the first design you started with on the project. Too much usability is not really accurate. Too simplistic is what you’re talking about.

]]> http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/11/30/is-too-much-usability-a-bad-thing/#comment-40114 Sat, 09 Dec 2006 12:09:32 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/11/30/is-too-much-usability-a-bad-thing/#comment-40114 Software should be tool to support a task. If its getting in the way, use something else ... users are excellent at rebelling against something that does not help them in their job. Software should be tool to support a task. If its getting in the way, use something else … users are excellent at rebelling against something that does not help them in their job.

]]> http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/11/30/is-too-much-usability-a-bad-thing/#comment-39015 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:46:45 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/11/30/is-too-much-usability-a-bad-thing/#comment-39015 That was a really stupid thing to say. No, software shouldn't MAKE you think, especially not about the software itself. Software should HELP you think - about your problem, or workflow, or whatever. A pencil can help me think, by allowing me to draw a picture or write words, and thank goodness I don't have to think *about the pencil*. That was a really stupid thing to say. No, software shouldn’t MAKE you think, especially not about the software itself. Software should HELP you think - about your problem, or workflow, or whatever. A pencil can help me think, by allowing me to draw a picture or write words, and thank goodness I don’t have to think *about the pencil*.

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