I certainly don’t dispute the value touch-screens have had on the approachability of technology, I’m just sorry that it has, in addition to raising the bar for people without sight (which, really, I would not be so concerned about, by itself, as long as there were reasonable network alternatives) changed user’s appreciation of information and interface models, to the detriment of functionality. OS X, of course, is feeling the effects of that more and more as it continues to be “iOSified” for the benefit of users who now take it for granted that “it is what it looks like”. IMO this is wrong: beauty and robustness can and should co-exist in the same space, at the possible cost of some additional user education. Even Apple’s former designers have taken umbrage with contemporary touchscreen UI trends, which gives me some tiny inkling of hope.
But, I think that perhaps one person’s opinions are nothing against the mighty will of the corporations. And, as you say, the proof is, rather sadly, in the pudding. :( -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
