The author ignores a key component of the problem - "complex" interfaces make it easy to accomplish your goals. From the Zen of Python: Simple is better t

The author ignores a key component of the problem - "complex" interfaces make it easy to accomplish your goals. From the Zen of Python: Simple is better than complex. Complex is better than complicated. Flat is better than nested. Applying these three principles to user interfaces, the best user interfaces present lots of features at once, with each button (or small section) of the interface performing a specific, orthogonal task. Indeed, this is how consumer electronics are designed. My microwave allows me to select any mode I want, and manipulate the screen with a keypad in a separate rounded rectangle. The stereo, AC, wipers and headlight controls all manipulate unique parts of my car. My washing machine has a different rectangular selection pad for each "feature" of the wash - temperature? color? size? presoak?. Flattening an interface helps the learning curve. If you need to set the time on your microwave, bet on the "time" button. On the other hand, I still need to ask my girlfriend how to set her iPod to "shuffle," or shut it off, or reset it when it freezes.