[IxDA Discuss] can we make it to easy?

[mark schraad]

I was reading about Microsoft having recruited Adobe's (think  
photoshop UI and more) Mark Hamburg to work on user experience. I  
don't find Adobe product o be particularly user friendly, but I do  
find them to be consistent and remarkably efficient once you get over  
a learning curve. I appreciate that approach a lot. I found my self  
wondering if, for professional tools, there is greater adoption,  
product loyalty and stickiness in leaving a certain amount of  
difficulty in the UI? The thinking goes... if the process is to easy,  
then everyone can do it and it erodes my (the professional user's)  
value in the marketplace. I know most people don't think much about  
economics and supply and demand on purpose, but self preservation is  
certainly prevalent at all levels. Thoughts?

Mark