From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Emacs usability (was: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:57:38 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <868wv36zi5.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.16396.1218482758.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
The usability metrics (fairly standard in the industry) are listed in
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taouu/taouu.html#id2998837 so please
see their definitions.
- concise
- expressive
- easy (in the sense of "mnemonic load")
- transparent
- scriptable
- discoverable
Emacs is concise, expressive, transparent, and scriptable. It's not
easy or discoverable without baseline knowledge, which is difficult to
acquire without reading the documentation (manuals, tutorials, or
books). In effect, Emacs is more of a programming language than a
normal user application as far as usability goes.
Ted
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Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-05 16:44 Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus M.T
2008-08-06 19:17 ` Evans Winner
2008-08-06 20:37 ` M.T
2008-08-07 5:09 ` Tim X
2008-08-07 14:34 ` Xah
2008-08-07 15:17 ` Cor Gest
2008-08-07 16:50 ` Xah
2008-08-07 17:14 ` M.T
2008-08-07 18:32 ` Xah
2008-08-07 18:07 ` Evans Winner
2008-08-08 12:20 ` Xah
2008-08-08 15:15 ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-08-08 15:39 ` Xah
2008-08-08 19:00 ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-08-09 19:18 ` Xah
2008-08-11 14:52 ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-08-11 15:49 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-11 19:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-11 19:27 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-08-11 19:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-11 19:31 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-11 19:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-11 20:14 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-12 19:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-08-12 19:22 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-12 19:27 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-08-11 20:20 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
[not found] ` <mailman.16396.1218482758.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-11 20:57 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2008-08-11 22:14 ` Emacs usability Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-12 7:37 ` Emacs usability (was: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus) Xah
2008-08-12 14:14 ` Emacs usability Ted Zlatanov
2008-08-12 14:48 ` Xah
2008-08-12 14:55 ` Emacs usability (was: Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus) Xah
2008-08-12 18:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.16413.1218492872.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-12 14:17 ` Emacs usability Ted Zlatanov
2008-08-11 16:03 ` Can anybody tell me how to send HTML-format mail in gnus Xah
[not found] ` <mailman.16376.1218469770.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-11 16:32 ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-08-11 16:52 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-08 15:42 ` Cor Gest
2008-08-07 18:12 ` Cor Gest
2008-08-08 4:59 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2008-08-08 5:54 ` Tim X
2008-08-08 13:11 ` Xah
2008-08-08 14:56 ` Phil Carmody
2008-08-08 15:42 ` Xah
2008-08-08 17:06 ` Phil Carmody
2008-08-08 17:22 ` Xah
2008-08-08 18:24 ` Cor Gest
2008-08-09 19:41 ` Xah
2008-08-09 21:03 ` Cor Gest
2008-08-09 22:23 ` Xah
2008-08-11 5:03 ` Charles philip Chan
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2008-08-11 5:44 ` Xah
2008-08-11 7:30 ` Charles philip Chan
[not found] ` <mailman.16351.1218439913.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-11 8:16 ` Xah
2008-08-08 22:15 ` Phil Carmody
2008-08-09 10:16 ` Xah
2008-08-09 13:19 ` Sean Sieger
[not found] ` <mailman.16182.1218288014.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-09 14:19 ` Xah
2008-08-10 9:52 ` Phil Carmody
2008-08-10 17:28 ` Xah
2008-08-08 15:19 ` Tim X
2008-08-08 17:14 ` Xah
2008-08-09 9:55 ` Tim X
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2008-08-08 12:35 ` Xah
2008-08-09 5:54 ` qingant
2008-08-09 8:13 ` Phil Carmody
2008-08-09 14:34 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-08-06 22:21 ` Jashy
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