Hiding the Power Tools of Search

摘要

At an early meeting about user interfaces, a speaker mentioned the "Excel effect" when describing Microsoft's intentional hiding of many of the advanced functions of its spreadsheet product so as not to overwhelm a novice user. Of course, MS Excel 2016 has lost much of that early simplicity, but the basic features are still fairly easy to find, while the more sophisticated users can find complex operations in a Formulas tab.