Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: The Revenge of the Geeks Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:55:52 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <5105c8fa$0$288$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <51088de0$0$292$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <5109c4ef$0$281$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <510c680f$0$286$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <51104431$0$294$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="3e0336f9b5cdc593e5d6e9810c747ea0"; logging-data="17414"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+M/tTU9vmCS/G9jeH4YzlAudycRmWO3uo=" X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 Cancel-Lock: sha1:3Cak5sgm3835UdWnBgYxux+8Tbk= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:162793 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:49462 comp.databases.oracle.server:4225 comp.lang.java.programmer:22118 On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:28:47 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >On 2/4/2013 5:09 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: [snip] >> But a neutral judge might choke on the buttons. > >I doubt it. Good UX is different for different types Sorry. I have had too much exposure to people dissing things that are not the way that they would do it. >of people. People that use an app a lot is known to prefer >to have as much functionality as possible directly >accessible without going through too much hassle. Last sentence: I had not thought of that exactly that way, but yes, I think you nailed it there. Thank you for the insight. >And anyway it is not really your idea, so you do not risk >your judgement to be influenced by owners pride. The owner >may be a poor judge as it is his baby. If I go along with a bad idea in my area, I am culpable. I do not have a problem with the design though. I thought at first that it looked a bit odd, but my first priority is does it work? It works well. And remember that I know that since I have used it to do real work. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko