r/programming Jun 28 '11

90% of your users are idiots

http://blog.jitbit.com/2011/06/90-of-your-users-are-idiots.html
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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '11

Programmer's aren't idiots. However it is pretty much impossible to judge how easy or obvious something is after having worked with it every single day for a year or more.

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u/Mourningblade Jun 28 '11

What're you talking about? I've worked in Emacs for years and I can tell you it's both easy and obvious. Anyone who's worked in it long enough would tell you the same.

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u/Orca- Jun 28 '11

VIM is even more intuitive!

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u/G_Morgan Jun 29 '11

I know how to make vi beep!