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Originally Posted by DNSB
But we shouldn't have to learn anything, it should all be intuitive.
If I had a dime for every time I've heard that or it's equivalent, I'd be relaxing on a patio overlooking a tropical beach.
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The simpler something is, the fewer capabilities it has, or the more addictive it is (games), the easier it is to make it "intuitive." Typing in NotePad is "intuitive" because there's not much for the amateur to know/do.
In Games, like that Farmland or Farm-whatever game that FB had, it's
easy to make it "intuitive"
not because it genuinely is--but because the addict will continue to try to play the game and "win" while it's free, as you accustom him or her to those wee jolts of dopamine, thus luring him/her into buying this token or that. God only knows how much FB earned off that "free" game.
But for any program, any CMS, anything, that does more...well, sports fans, there be the instructions. If you (not YOU, DNSB, obviously) persist in thinking that it should just roll over, sit up and beg, just because you WANT it to, well...nope, it ain't a-gunna do that.
If I, DNSB, had a dollar for everytime someone said "I can't review the eBook, it's too HARD," yup, I'd be right there on the beach with you. 99% of the time, when I heard this, they not
only hadn't read our (illustrated) instructions or how-tos, but
hadn't even bothered to download the PDFs. It's infuriating and frustrating.
WHY do people avoid the easiest paths to what they want to do?
Hitch