Plasma User Types

[Sebastian Kuegler]

On Saturday 12 April 2008 15:29:21 Michael Rudolph wrote:
> The only thing I'm still unwilling to accept is, that one has to leave
> the old ladies behind. (how sad is that? :-) A sign of good design is
> that it caters to 100% (which I like to simply refer to as: humans),
> and only if one fails to come up with good design should one try to do
> bad design, that at least appeals to 80%. That's all.

80% of what? 100% of what? Of all human beings? of all possible computer 
users?

So the "my grandma should be able to do it as well" did ring a bell to me, 
because I'm touting that this imaginatory "Aunt Tillie" does not matter to us 
at all, for the following reasons:

- She's unlikely to adopt a Linux or KDE desktop at all mid-term
- She's not the one spreading KDE

I could go into details here, but I propose you read "Crossing the Chasm" 
which is a very enlightening read, especially on the "broad or narrow focus" 
question.

Ow, and I don't agree with one of your points: often poor designs are 
characterised by a lack of focus. Trying to accomodate is a good way of not 
making it work well for anybody because you have to make too many 
compromises.

BTW, what are you proposing as an alternative, other than not having focus at 
all? :)
-- 
sebas

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