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Usability: ‘Lovely software. But I can’t work it’

By Jessica Twentyman

Published: June 17 2009 16:18 | Last updated: June 17 2009 16:18

Ask anyone who uses a work computer as part of their day-to-day job and most will admit to ongoing struggles.

Many gripes will focus on the usability of the software: how difficult it is to navigate and how their passage involves numerous detours and frustrating dead-ends, necessitating anguished calls to help desks. In short, the software tends not to behave as they expected.

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