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[[Software]] is ''user-friendly'' if it is easy-to-use especially for persons inexperienced with computers. The word has come to be applied to other technology as well, such as [[VCR]]s. |
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Various features can be used to make software more user-friendly, such as [[menu interfaces]], online help and automated "[[troubleshooting|troubleshooters]]," and a simple layout. [[Apple Computer]] was well-known in the [[1980s]] for its drive to make computers and software more user-friendly, and it originated the notion of a "windows"-based [[user interface]], which was picked up by [[Microsoft]] with its [[Microsoft Windows]] product. |
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''Hey WojPob, the comic strip is a noun proper and should have a capital F.''--[[LA2]] |
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For the concept of user friendliness in computer systems, see [[human-computer interaction]] and [[computer and software usability]]. |
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I know but having two pages is not good either. 'user friendly' is an expression in the first place, the comic strip named after it has to come second, IMHO. WojPob |
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''The whole point is that there were no TWO pages, because lower case "user friendly" didn't exist until you created it. It is an adjective and most other entries in an encyclopedia are nouns. It is perfectly possible to describe it as "user friendliness" or "usability".'' --[[LA2]] |
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I can't say I care that much about how the entry is capitalized, but I'd like both senses on the same page and possibly various redirects. --[[Pinkunicorn]] |
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''Hmm... We have a similar problem with AM (amplitude modulation), Am (chemical symbol for americanium), and am (ante meridium). Perhaps best to put all three under [[Am]] (as Wikipedia entries cannot start with lowercase letters.'' --[[LA2]]. |
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Revision as of 06:28, 22 May 2001
Software is user-friendly if it is easy-to-use especially for persons inexperienced with computers. The word has come to be applied to other technology as well, such as VCRs.
Various features can be used to make software more user-friendly, such as menu interfaces, online help and automated "troubleshooters," and a simple layout. Apple Computer was well-known in the 1980s for its drive to make computers and software more user-friendly, and it originated the notion of a "windows"-based user interface, which was picked up by Microsoft with its Microsoft Windows product.
For the concept of user friendliness in computer systems, see human-computer interaction and computer and software usability.
'User Friendly' is also the name of an online, daily comic strip about a small, Linux-based ISP. http://www.userfriendly.org/static/
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