LXer: Usability, user-friendliness and the Linux desktop

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08-29-2013, 04:41 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,366 Rep:	LXer: Usability, user-friendliness and the Linux desktop Published at LXer: He makes a somewhat valid point, but he’s attempting to draw a hard boundary between usability and user-friendliness, forgetting that one derives from the other. If you build a “usable” system, people will tend to say that it is “user-friendly,” regardless of the technical capabilities of the users. Read More...

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