"usability"?

[Lou Quillio]

Peter Neilson wrote:
> I think that what's going on is very much like has often happened in
> quality engineering. Some MBA discovers Quality or Usability, and gets all excited. 

Birth of a buzz-word, then.  Sounds about right.

> I use the term "quailty" for quality when it is done that way. So
> perhaps we should call hijacked usability "usibality" or "abusility".

Usalability.  Uscalability.  Unibanality.  I want my usacorn.

Nah, it's just boneheaded mis-usage, same as downtown.  Folks
running away with terms they've heard vaguely and like.  Won't ever
end.  Doesn't bother me any more.

Quailty.  Nice one.  Thanks, Peter, I'll use that.

LQ