It is fitting that this article contains such words as naiveté, unaware, ignorance, unskilled, and incompetent. Because that is the problem! The solution will not be in redesigning anything, but in teaching the masses how to think critically again.

Part of the reason for the lack of critical thinking skills is the dumbing down of everything to the lowest common denominator, which is exemplified by the suggestion to redesign or rethink things for simplicity sake. Also, few take the time to learn the basics of anything anymore. How many actually read the manual that comes with a product? Or in the case of computers, actually read the built in help functions? The study proves most will not even read a simple dialog box! Everyone?s in a hurry to get to the next task, thus the reason they miss something like the use of ?vv? instead of a ?w?. The problem will continue as long as the masses remain uninformed, too busy, too distracted, and too apathetic.

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