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Subject:	Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
Date:	Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:24:36 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Larry Pieniazek wrote: > I stand by what I say, LDD is in my view harder to use, by far, than any of the > LDraw editors, at least for adults, and to equate them gives short shrift to the > LDraw editor programs. I can't honestly say they're THAT much better. I've had equal frustration with both the LDraw editors AND LDD. They're broken in different ways. There's been a lot of effort made to repackage the LDraw tools to make them easier to install, to create tutorials, to add arcane new features. And of course, as with any Lego AFOL operation, a good heap of administrivia and committees. But none of it I've seen actually has helped the basic usability of these tools. If they are ever to capture more than the cult following of users, they'll need a true UCD analysis and with usability testing. They'll also need to be directed by a set of goals dictated outside of the usual base of users. Alas, I've never seen a piece of FOSS actually have that done. As a result, the systems will continue to infuriate casual users like me. Calum

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		Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
(...) I think that by usability you actually mean learnability which is somewhat different. I agree that most of the Ldraw CAD tools are not that easy to learn. They do not have dedicated teams to make them so. I think that, at heart, CAD is a (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

		Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
(...) snip (...) I would never disagree with my esteemed rtl associate, but if I can do it, anyone can do it-- (URL) This was a simple one. My truck, as seen on this page (if you scroll down just a tad) was way more involved, yet still quite easy to (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)

		Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
(...) I'm not an active user of Ldraw et al, and haven't been for many years now, but I do maintain an interest. My reasons for no longer being an active user are many and varied, but I wouldn't particularly highlight lack of usability among them. (...) (19 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

		Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
(...) Hi Calum, You are right. I'm on both the LDraw Steering Committee and the Standards Committee. Speaking for myself, I don't think that it the Steering Committee's job to make MLCad easier to use. We have no control over how it works. We do not (...) (19 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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		Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
(...) (snip laudatory comments) (...) Let's try quoting the whole thing that I said, shall we, instead of quoting out of context? (...) I stand by what I say, LDD is in my view harder to use, by far, than any of the LDraw editors, at least for (...) (19 years ago, 31-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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