Comment by jimjimjim
8 years ago
what ever happened to the principle of least astonishment?
people are currently used to disabling wifi meaning disabling wifi.
8 years ago
what ever happened to the principle of least astonishment?
people are currently used to disabling wifi meaning disabling wifi.
>what ever happened to the principle of least astonishment?
I dunno, they actually measured real world usage patterns from millions of real users and did usability tests on their own premises, and found that this is the least astonishing for the majority, who doesn't need to wonder why AirDrop doesn't work or why their Apple Watch is not connecting?
Proof?
Is this how they conceived the touchbar, too?
>Proof?
As I said, I dunno.
Or, to reuse a variation of an old saying, "off means off".
Seriously. This is a neat feature, but completely violates POLA.
Depends on the users.
If they're like most I know, they'll be scratching their heads why e.g. AirDrop doesn't work when they have the wi-fi turned off.
So this could be less astonishing for them.
POLA?
Principle of least astonishment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishmen...
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