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Cliff Sarginson writes:
  On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 09:49:11PM -0500, Mark Woodson wrote:
  > At 08:19 PM 1/29/2002 -0600, Mike Meyer wrote:
  > >I was going to say non-intuitive, since everyone likes slinging that
  > >one around, but remembered what someone who knows more than a few
  > >things about interface design had to say about "intuitive" interfaces:
  > >    When users say that an interface is intuitive, they mean that it
  > >    operates just like some other software or method with which they
  > >    are familiar.[*]

"The only `intuitive' interface is the nipple.  After that, it's all learned."
	- Bruce Ediger

  > People mock that which they do not understand.
  And people make smart-arse remarks like yours, thinking that qualifies
  as some kind of answer.
  
And other people make cranky retorts like yours, thinking that
qualifies as valid criticism.  

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