Talk:Switching barriers

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I propose to merge QWERTY effect here since everything in that article is pretty much duplicated in this one. Tocharianne 21:00, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

If it is merged, may I suggest a sub-heading? The idea of the QWERTY effect is not that it is a barrier to doing something - to use examples from the article, there is nothing stopping humans developing better eyesight, or for individuals to learn a new keyboard layout, but the lack of incentive means that a solution that is "good enough" is favoured by the individual, and hence by the community.

I think the article and the idea themselves are unique and separate, but accept that it may also be more useful to merge the text into a more comprehensive article.

Intelmole 14th March 2007

I'm not convinced that this article is the right place for the QWERTY effect. I'd say 'switching cost' and the QWERTY example are different topics, in my eyes (looking at "switching cost" from a marketing angle).

Threemonkeydust 27th March 2007