No Distaste for Paste (Why the UI, Part 7)
Without data, the guesses are usually wrong ...
"Last Monday I issued a challenge: for readers to pick the most-used command in Microsoft Word 2003 and also the top 5 most-used commands (bonus points for having them in order.)
For me, the most interesting part was reading the justifications around the guesses. I'll reproduce a few of them here:
- "Ctrl-Z Undo has *got* to be one of the top 5. I'm sure that bold/italic are in there too."
- "...Save is very rarely used. Most end-users I've known are very hostile to the idea of saving frequently."
- "I disagree with everyone. My mother can't cut and copy and paste, and she's probably much more of a typical user than any of us."
- "normal ppl don't use Print Preview." continued ... (Via Jensen Harris)
"Last Monday I issued a challenge: for readers to pick the most-used command in Microsoft Word 2003 and also the top 5 most-used commands (bonus points for having them in order.)
For me, the most interesting part was reading the justifications around the guesses. I'll reproduce a few of them here:
- "Ctrl-Z Undo has *got* to be one of the top 5. I'm sure that bold/italic are in there too."
- "...Save is very rarely used. Most end-users I've known are very hostile to the idea of saving frequently."
- "I disagree with everyone. My mother can't cut and copy and paste, and she's probably much more of a typical user than any of us."
- "normal ppl don't use Print Preview." continued ... (Via Jensen Harris)
Word 2003 Commands.
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