"usability"

["Ronald Schwarz" <RSchwarz -at- cosmocom -dot- com>]

For a long time I thought "usability" was the tech writers' shorthand
for human factors engineering, as in design for usability.

Now I have before me a document where the reader is told he will become
familiar with the "usability" of the product - meaning how to use it.

What is the definition of "usability?"


Ronald Schwarz

Senior Technical Writer 

CosmoCom, Inc.
121 Broad Hollow Road
Melville, NY 11747 USA
Phone:   +1 (631) 940-4320
Fax:     +1 (631) 574-3161
EMAIL:   RSchwarz -at- cosmocom -dot- com
URL:      http://www.cosmocom.com
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