No, older interfaces were designed to expose as much as the available functionality in the system as possible. There was nothing in common widget libraries or

No, older interfaces were designed to expose as much as the available functionality in the system as possible. There was nothing in common widget libraries or development processes that helped users learn how to operate the system. Merely exposing all the functions is of no use if you don't already know what's their meaning and how you're supposed to use them. People learned more those days not because the interface made it easy, but because they had no choice if they wanted to use the system at all.