Posted by: Anonymous
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on September 11, 2007 08:30 PM
What generation? I am 42 so I am old enough to have a child in college. Am in that generation of which you speak? My first computer was a Commodore 64 and I got it 1982. I am now write c++ code on an embedded system that runs Linux. I know a lot of people around my age that are would agree with you about a generation gap. We feel that the younger generation is pretty clueless when it comes to technology. Most of the younger generation thinks that know how to use Myspace and knowing which video card gets the best frame rate in Prey makes them computer experts.
I think that Mom test is a pretty good term. Most Moms I know are too busy to fiddle with useless junk. They just want it to get the job done. I would just change the term from "so simple that your mom could use it" to "so elegant and reliable your Mom would use it."
That after all is the goal. To make a system so elegant, intuitive, and reliable that you don't have to be an expert to us it.
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Re: Not gender bias
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: unknown] on September 11, 2007 08:30 PMI think that Mom test is a pretty good term. Most Moms I know are too busy to fiddle with useless junk. They just want it to get the job done. I would just change the term from "so simple that your mom could use it" to "so elegant and reliable your Mom would use it."
That after all is the goal. To make a system so elegant, intuitive, and reliable that you don't have to be an expert to us it.
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