naive
Untutored in the perversities of some particular program or system; one who
still tries to do things in an intuitive way, rather than the right way (in
really good designs these coincide, but most designs aren't "really good" in the
appropriate sense). This trait is completely unrelated to general maturity or
competence or even competence at any other specific program. It is a sad
commentary on the primitive state of computing that the natural opposite of this
term is often claimed to be "experienced user" but is really more like "cynical
user".
(1994-11-29)
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