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What makes you think that new computer users who can't remember "non intuitive" concepts like right clicking and context menus will know what cut/copy/paste on

• varunsrin 15y ago
  Again, cut/copy/paste are technical terms - the intent a user is likely to form is, I have this word file here, and i need to put it onto this USB drive here. The large copy to button in the ribbon accomplishes that task nicely. Remember, its not that user's cant remember right clicking, its that they shouldn't have to. Why should you need two different types of clicks, and 2 sub menus to Send a file to a drive, when you can accomplish it with a single click and a single sub-menu (as is demonstrated in the ribbon) Making the initial learning curve simple will have implications on the overall feel & appeal of the operating system, but this is something that is difficult to quantify with simple software metrics.
  • leon_ 15y ago
    > Making the initial learning curve simple will have implications on the overall feel & appeal of the operating system, but this is something that is difficult to quantify with simple software metrics. Ok, but the file system metaphor with its files and folders is unintuitive. New users get lost or just don't get that metaphor. You won't make anything easier for them by putting bigger buttons into the toolbar when they can't imagine for what those buttons might be used. Alone the metaphor of "copying" a file is so unintuitive. If my mother wants to take a look at the photos she took with her cam she sure won't think about "copying" them. My point is: MS is trying to fix the wrong problem. They should think about getting rid of end user facing file systems instead of bolting bigger and brighter buttons onto a horribly user unfriendly application like the explorer.