From solaja at gmail.com  Tue Sep 29 08:16:34 2009
From: solaja at gmail.com (Zenja Solaja)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:16:34 +1000
Subject: [ge-talk] Common usability smells
Message-ID: <474d25b90909290516w558bd756ofa6c692648279ae4@mail.gmail.com>

Morning / afternoon / evening.

I found this interesting article about how average users view computers.

http://www.hackification.com/2009/09/28/ten-it-concepts-that-non-it-people-dont-get/

Some of the issues outlined on the list are classic "usability smells" in
the Windows world, and even Haiku isn't immune to some of these issues.  For
example:

3) users easily learn the concept of add/remove programs.  However, users
are annoyed that they cannot use "add/remove programs" to get rid of
spyware, viruses and other startup items.  Haiku will eventually run into
the same problem (replicants embedded into deskbar / tracker, items
installed in ~/config/boot etc.).  Is there a way to tackle this problem
elegantly?

8) home networking - it's almost impossible for average users to network
their PC and laptop (and other computers around the house).  Setting up a
network to share files in Haiku is not any easier.  Network configuration
seriously needs to be revisited.

1) single click vs double click.  It's ironic that the history of the double
click was linked to a single button mouse, which frankly no one other than
Apple are using today.  Should Haiku R2 adhere to this backwards convention?


Thoughts / opinions?
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