> It was so easy to understand that every person who was able to use a computer would pick it up quickly.
I find this hard to believe. I know many people who use computers but are not IT professionals or even hobbyists. Without an easy to use GUI they can't accomplish much. I couldn't imagine them picking up anything to do with XML.
If you scope it down to UI developers you're taking less than 1% of people. Far from everyone. Even if you scope it down to IT people it's less than 1% of people.
There’s the always forgotten type of computer users: those who use computers for productivity. People who need to achieve some business goal and they have the energy to learn.
Take for instance insane Excel spreadsheets glued with VBA powering entire businesses, built by accountants and other professionals.
It’s not that they can’t. They’ve just been told they can’t.
I’ve been told that clerks at bell labs were using troff because they were told they weren’t programming and I think GUIs have the same opposite effect.
I find this hard to believe. I know many people who use computers but are not IT professionals or even hobbyists. Without an easy to use GUI they can't accomplish much. I couldn't imagine them picking up anything to do with XML.
If you scope it down to UI developers you're taking less than 1% of people. Far from everyone. Even if you scope it down to IT people it's less than 1% of people.