Comments on: The Psychology of Software http://perspx.com/blog/archives/1298/the-psychology-of-software/ Musings of a teenage programmer Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:14:03 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Perspx http://perspx.com/blog/archives/1298/the-psychology-of-software/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Perspx Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:00:58 +0000 http://perspx.com/?p=1298#comment-169 > But I wouldn’t fully agree with “use software as short as possible and get on with the life”. For some people “getting on with life” is using the software itself! I think most of the time it isn’t, except the obvious exceptions in entertainment such as video games or software used on your DVD player or whatever. If you are using a spreadsheet, even if you use it most of the time, it’s not something you really *want* to be using. And to that end, making software easier to use and more intuitive by catering to *how* users are going to use it is always a winner. > But I wouldn’t fully agree with “use software as short as possible and get on with the life”. For some people “getting on with life” is using the software itself!

I think most of the time it isn’t, except the obvious exceptions in entertainment such as video games or software used on your DVD player or whatever. If you are using a spreadsheet, even if you use it most of the time, it’s not something you really *want* to be using.

And to that end, making software easier to use and more intuitive by catering to *how* users are going to use it is always a winner.

]]> By: Eimantas http://perspx.com/blog/archives/1298/the-psychology-of-software/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Eimantas Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:13:26 +0000 http://perspx.com/?p=1298#comment-167 How about testing with your non-dev friends? Even better with computer illiterate users? This way your app should be as idiot-proof as possible. But I wouldn't fully agree with "use software as short as possible and get on with the life". For some people "getting on with life" is using the software itself! How about testing with your non-dev friends? Even better with computer illiterate users? This way your app should be as idiot-proof as possible.

But I wouldn’t fully agree with “use software as short as possible and get on with the life”. For some people “getting on with life” is using the software itself!

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