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As a piece of jargon in programming, "user friendly" goes back to the 1980s if not before:
"In 1984, the original idea of ``user-friendly software helped people to easily operate word processing, simple drawing, and spreadsheet software programs." http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=shureview
I ended up here because I wanted to know who coined the term "user friendly", or at least what its earliest known uses are. If this information is in the Usability article, it's hopelessly buried in a very long wall of text. I strongly argue that the phrase "user friendly - as separate from the general concept of "usability" - is notable enough that it needs its own Wikipedia article. -- Danylstrype ( talk) 06:48, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
As a piece of jargon in programming, "user friendly" goes back to the 1980s if not before:
"In 1984, the original idea of ``user-friendly software helped people to easily operate word processing, simple drawing, and spreadsheet software programs." http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=shureview
I ended up here because I wanted to know who coined the term "user friendly", or at least what its earliest known uses are. If this information is in the Usability article, it's hopelessly buried in a very long wall of text. I strongly argue that the phrase "user friendly - as separate from the general concept of "usability" - is notable enough that it needs its own Wikipedia article. -- Danylstrype ( talk) 06:48, 16 May 2018 (UTC)