[Wikimedia-l] Who invoked "principle of least surprise" for the image filter?

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Wed Jun 13 20:38:11 UTC 2012


On 13 June 2012 21:32, Richard Symonds <richard.symonds at wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Not sure, but I think it's the principle of least /astonishment/ - which
> may be an important difference...


Pretty sure it doesn't for educational purposes. I think my objection
stands in its entirety.

(I note that in interface design, "principle of least astonishment" is
in opposition to "educating" the user. With educational materials,
that is ahahaha indeed the point.)


- d.



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