Its not so much that "programmers design for programmers". When designing a GUI we make assumptions about what the users knows, and how much we think they're co

Its not so much that "programmers design for programmers". When designing a GUI we make assumptions about what the users knows, and how much we think they're comfortable figuring out on their own. Programmers I think, tend to err on people knowing too much, and being able to figure out too much.