Is there an annoying system that requires you to set EVERY parameter to get it right? (i.e Condor)?

I’m doing it for a project about improving software usability .
Thanks!

SCO Xenix printer commands are way up there (23 parameters).

HUSAT the Loughborough University research spin-off ran a programme in the early 90’s called Usability Now, which 15 years later everyone seems to have forgotten. IBM developed their CUA (Common User Access) around the same time with usability in mind. Both are excellent examples of user-software interface solutions.

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