dumbed down adj.
Simplified, with a strong connotation of
oversimplified. Often, a marketroid will insist that
the interfaces and documentation of software be dumbed down after
the designer has burned untold gallons of midnight oil making it
smart. This creates friction. See user-friendly.
Simplified, with a strong connotation of
oversimplified. Often, a marketroid will insist that
the interfaces and documentation of software be dumbed down after
the designer has burned untold gallons of midnight oil making it
smart. This creates friction. See user-friendly.
Related:
- dumbed down: adj. Simplified, with a strong connotation of
*over*simplified.
Often, a {marketroid} will insist that the interfaces... - WYSIWYG /wiz'ee-wig/ adj.
Describes a user interface
under which "What You See Is What You Get",
as opposed to one that uses more-or-less obscure... - WYSIWYG: /wiz'ee-wig/ adj. Describes a user interface under
which "What You See Is What You Get",
as opposed to one that uses more-or-less obscure... - drool-proof paper n.
Documentation that has been
obsessively dumbed down,
to the point where only a cretin could bear to read... - drool-proof paper: n. Documentation that has been obsessively {dumbed
down},
to the point where only a {cretin} could bear to read... - Quote #401
In an essay about programming, Ellen Ullman tells a great anecdote about a
programmer who was so socially inept that they could only communicate with
him via email,
even they all shared the same office. She also writes... - Whenever somebody gives you a spec for some new technology,
if you can't understand the spec, don't worry too much... - Nice computers don't go down."
-- ..
understanding User-Friendly..... - After Midnight,
We're Gonna Let It All Hang...
From the same category:
- RFC /R-F-C/ n.
[Request For Comment] One of a long-established... - hot spot n.
1. [primarily used by C/Unix programmers,
but spreading] It is received wisdom that in most... - 1TBS // n.
The "One True Brace Style";
see indent style... - mega- /me'g*/ pref.
[SI] See quantifiers... - depeditate /dee-ped'*-tayt/ n.
[by (faulty) analogy with
`decapitate'] Humorously,
to cut off the feet of. When one is using some...
