Originally posted by finalzone
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Examples abound where convention and familiarity in the user interface are extremely important. Think about the car you drive in real life. Could you operate it successfully with WASD keyboard controls instead of the steering wheel and pedals? Probably. Would you want to? Probably not. Would the general public respond well if you forced this change on them? Absolutely not, and it would almost certainly result in a huge number of crashes, as it takes time to de-program your muscle memory and replace it with something new and unfamiliar. If you offered it as an option, nearly 100% would reject it, not because they have some "inability to adapt", but rather because it's simply not worth the effort.
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