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Hidden interface controls that affect usability

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559 points cxr | 1 comments | 05 Jul 25 23:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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thih9 ◴[06 Jul 25 05:19 UTC] No.44478047[source]▶
> A DOS command window. Without specific knowledge in the head, the user cannot perform a single action.

To be fair, even CLI environments provide some UI discovery. E.g. DOS had 'help' and it would list available commands and a short description.

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1. zzo38computer ◴[07 Jul 25 19:01 UTC] No.44493592[source]▶
You could add a note so that it displays "Type HELP for a list of available commands and description"