Usability
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Originally Posted by Perry Reed
Usability is everything.
Especially on a phone, where you're already making usability compromises to deal with a small screen and a tiny keyboard, or no keyboard at all, applications need to be easy to use and fast. Otherwise, no matter how many slick features they may have, you won't use them.
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Actually, I disagree that usability is everything. It's certainly important, but, like most things, it's a trade off. If an application is a pain to use, but saves you more pain from doing it some other way, you'll probably use it. You'll complain about it every time, but you'll use it.
In fact, if usability were everything, you sort of contradicted yourself by saying we were making compromises with the small screen and tiny keyboard. We're willing to put up with those because we believe we get some benefit doing so, and the same is true of user interfaces in general.
Steve
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