designed to be easy for an untrained user to use; especially (for a computer system) having a uniform look and feel and standard widgets
adj 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}
Of or pertaining to any feature, device, or concept that makes perfect sense to a programmer An example of user-friendly is Help: The feature that assists in generating more questions When the Help feature is used correctly, users are able to navigate through a series of Help screens and end up where they started from without learning anything
A popular "buzzword" in computing Synonym: Intuitive It means directly comprehended For many users, a method of pointing at icons and clicking is more "user-friendly" than entering many keystrokes to select menu-items, like commands Intuitive programs are more quickly grasped by the "computer-naive" (another buzzword)
Designed in such a way as to be easy to use or operate, especially of computers and computer software
This term implies that something (hardware or software) is very easy to learn how to use
If you describe something such as a machine or system as user-friendly, you mean that it is well designed and easy to use. This an entirely computer operated system which is very user friendly. user-friendly libraries. easy to use, understand, or operate
Programs that have been thoughtfully designed to be intuitive and self-explanatory to the average user, with a minimal chance of mistakes