Screenshot of the Bitwig 2 audio production software showing tracks, track groups, playback controls, equalizers, effect layers, synth controls, and more all on the same screen.

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   Julian Fietkau (julian@fietkau.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 07:32:10 JST Julian Fietkau

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   @scottjenson @Danc @edk Around 2006 some German HCI researchers investigated what makes an interactive system intuitive to use, concluding that it has more to do with familiarity (= ability to transfer existing domain knowledge into it) than simplicity. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.5555/1784197.1784212

   One of the authors later taught HCI in Hamburg. It's where I picked up the notion that systems for professionals (of any kind) often look more like airplane cockpits than stove panels. Complex tasks beget complex tools.