| us·er-friend·ly (yōō'zər-frěnd'lē) adj. us·er-friend·li·er, us·er-friend·li·est Easy to use or learn to use: "The public ought to be aware of the complexity of making new tax forms user-friendly" (New York Times). us'er-friend'li·ness n. |
user-friendly
Programmer-hostile. Generally used by hackers in a critical tone, to describe systems that hold the user's hand so obsessively that they make it painful for the more experienced and knowledgeable to get any work done. See menuitis, drool-proof paper, Macintrash, user-obsequious.
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