User friendliness and simplicity are completely orthogonal. For instance, Microsoft Word is very user friendly, yet it is an immensely complex piece of softwar

User friendliness and simplicity are completely orthogonal. For instance, Microsoft Word is very user friendly, yet it is an immensely complex piece of software. I value simplicity over user friendliness. Despite git having several usability blemishes, it is insanely simple. The only simpler system that I have ever used is quilt (used to manage patch files). When mercurial advocates talk about simplicity, what they are actually talking about is superficial user friendliness.