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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Something I missed first time was

The data was collected from 2011โ€“2015

Hopefully, it's better now (based on nothing).

I know most people don't seem to have the ability to look through menus and identify the thing closest to what they want to do. I think software might be more difficult to use now, too - the trend for "clean" design means that usability and discoverability goes out the window.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think it's also that people aren't encouraged to explore. A bit of clicking around and eyeballing the options you do have can go a long way. I had to teach myself how to use and exploit Open shift this way lol

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I just accidentally stumbled across some proof for my looks-over-usability statement:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30019307