The light pen was immediately intuitive, while the mouse wasn't. Engelbart put two people against each other on the same task, and mouse users were initially slower, but quickly they outpace those with the light pen. We live in a world of light pens.
"That's the reason why people are bragging that infants can use iPads as if this was a point of pride rather than something horrifying." We infantilize people with apps that are built to be intuitive from the start but can't do anything serious.
https://twitter.com/RobertHaisfield/status/1344795287626256384
"This is why we live in a world where most things are easy to learn, but hard to use. By hard to use, I don't mean that we feel they are difficult, but that we never reach our capacity to meld with these systems because we've chosen this path."
I wish app developers/designers would instead think seriously about creating a smooth learning curve from novice to expert. What are stages of development, and how do we ramp people up? Continuous onboarding! I don't get why everyone expects it all upfront robhaisfield.com/notes/provide-…
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