Various features can be used to make software more user-friendly, such as [menu interfaces]?, online help and automated "troubleshooters?," and a simple layout. Apple Computer was well-known in the 1980s for its drive to make computers and software more user-friendly, and it originated the notion of a "windows"-based [user interface]?, which was picked up by Microsoft with its Microsoft Windows product.
For the concept of user friendliness in computer systems, see human-computer interaction and [computer and software usability]?.