[OT] Pigs Fly

[Chipp Walters]

Judy,

You're confusing how hard something is to learn, versus how hard it is 
to use day in and day out.

It's proven highly modal systems are the easiest to learn (ATM machine), 
but you wouldn't want a bank teller to have to use one 8 hours a day! In 
fact, when the Mac first came out (I purchased the first one in 
Houston), it was unique in it's mostly non-modal approach, and NOT 
intuitive in the least to use. Of course, once one took the time to 
'learn' the interface, productivity soared.

-Chipp

Judy Perry wrote:

> Every day there are people who are new to computers who are learning to
> use them.  I once had a retired cardiac surgeon take the 'how to turn it
> on' class.  It happened to be on the PC platform.  He got so confused over
> the two buttons that he ended up dropping the class.
> 
> Clearly, he was not a stupid man.  And then there's children still
> learning their left from their right.  And then there's the elderly, with
> perhaps diminishing fine motor control (this was one of several issues at
> play with respect to the surgeon).