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FIT100
Learning New Tools
How do we learn to use new tools?
•Be
taught to use them -- car, bicycle
•Reading
the owner’s manual -- chain saw
•Figure
them out ourselves -- CD player
•Software
designers wanting you to learn their tool ASAP, try for ‘intuitive’
•Consistent
Interfaces -- build on experience
•Suggestive
icons -- bypass terminology
•Metaphors
-- exploit analogous reasoning
