A
SoftwareUsability metric--how much is it
InMyWay, as opposed to
OnMySide?
Software that is hard to use, for one of the following reasons:
- Too many features(CreepingFeaturitis).
- Incoherent feature set(a program that lets you read your e-mail, provides a shell buffer, acts as an image editor, and sports system-wide speech recognition, for instance).
- Flashy/Useless user interface elements. Splash screens get in my way, button images that don't make sense are misleading, and dancing paperclips are right out. Filling up a screen is likewise kiboshed.
- Gross lack of speed.
- Instability.
Software that gets
InMyWay includes
MicrosoftOffice,
MicrosoftWindows, and the
MozillaBrowser.
Any program that works more slowly than I do is
InMyWay. If it takes more time to figure out how to do something than to do it, I don't want anything to do with it.
--
JoeOsborn
This page also works nicely if you replace "Software" with "Programming Language" throughout. --
FalkBruegmann
Amen to that. --
JoeOsborn
So which
ProgrammingLanguage has none of the above? i.e.:
- Just the right number of features
- Coherent feature set
- Nothing flashy or gratuitous
- Performance
- Stability
Not starting a
LanguageWar, just asking!