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What are some things that Linux can't do, but Windows can? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago by Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Deebster@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's sobering reading.

One of the difficult tasks was to schedule a meeting room in a scheduling application, using information contained in several email messages.

95% are below this level. Wow.

[–] 520@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, most people in the workforce were never trained on the likes of Microsoft Teams. Learning this for most people takes a little bit of fucking around and taking notes of certain buttons while you were doing things the way you are used to.

[–] Deebster@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Something I missed first time was

The data was collected from 2011–2015

Hopefully, it's better now (based on nothing).

I know most people don't seem to have the ability to look through menus and identify the thing closest to what they want to do. I think software might be more difficult to use now, too - the trend for "clean" design means that usability and discoverability goes out the window.

[–] 520@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think it's also that people aren't encouraged to explore. A bit of clicking around and eyeballing the options you do have can go a long way. I had to teach myself how to use and exploit Open shift this way lol

[–] Deebster@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

I just accidentally stumbled across some proof for my looks-over-usability statement:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30019307