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> Even if it is not universally used, it is intuitive (Mac OS) I often hear people saying that the Mac is intuitive. Is there actually proper proof for this?
by karterk 15y ago
> Even if it is not universally used, it is intuitive (Mac OS)
I often hear people saying that the Mac is intuitive. Is there actually proper proof for this?
- jiggy2011 15y agoI'm not sure about intuitive (when I use OS X I still have to lookup on google how to do things) but it is more discoverable in my limited experience. There are just less buttons and menus than there are in Windows, Linux desktop sort of has this advantage too although often many of the things that would have been done with the extra buttons are done with the Terminal. Also OS X is generally allot more consistent in it's interface than Linux is.
- technomancy 15y agoI think most of the time when people say "intuitive" they mean "discoverable". I'm not even sure "intuitive" is a property software can possess.
- jiggy2011 15y agoI think what I meant was that it is more discoverable usually just because there are less buttons not necessarily because those buttons are located better.
- SoftwareMaven 15y agoI really like OS X, but I don't think it is. What I do think it is, though, is more consistent. Apple and almost all app providers do a pretty good job following the HIG[1]. 1. http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/ipad/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/Intro/Intro.html http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/ipad/#documentation/U...