[IxDA Discuss] Most usable doesn't always mean best solution

[Elizabeth Buie]

Robert Barlow-Busch writes:

>By far my favorite example of this maxim is automatic vs. standard
>transmissions in vehicles. Imagine doing a usability test of these two
>technologies: the automatic would win, hands-down.

No, the automatic would come out as the most learnable.  For those who are 
familiar with it, it is also the most usable.  For example, I have never 
owned an automatic, and I always feel clumsy when I am forced to rent one.
But I'm glad I learned on one, lo! those many years ago.

Elizabeth