Every other year when this article hits the latest aggregator the same conversation erupts.
People need to remember:
1.) This was the result of an actual user interface study. Responding with anecdotal evidence makes you seem less than intelligent.
2.) This only applies to the specific type of software studied (perhaps even within the time frame) and should not be taken out of context. Bringing up Emacs or Vi is completely out of scope with the discussion and if I had the power to; I'd down vote each comment that does.
Their whole argument seems to be about the use of simple hotkeys (cmd-p) vs menu items (File->Print).
Text editors are a completely different application of the same input devices. I also think that studying the efficiency and speed of typing complex text is much harder than measuring the speed at which a user can activate a simple command.
People need to remember:
1.) This was the result of an actual user interface study. Responding with anecdotal evidence makes you seem less than intelligent.
2.) This only applies to the specific type of software studied (perhaps even within the time frame) and should not be taken out of context. Bringing up Emacs or Vi is completely out of scope with the discussion and if I had the power to; I'd down vote each comment that does.