Maybe I'm biased, but I think that the most user-friendly apps are those produced by the people who use them. I'm not a dispassionate observer, though -- my own practice management stack is miles ahead of anything else I've seen but then I designed it for just the way I think and work, and I've had years to tweak it and streamline it. But then, that's what makes it really usable.
-- Peter (another "hobbyist") Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Aug 15, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Pete wrote: > You can take the word hobbyist as you please, it wasn't meant as a demeaning > term. And yes, there is crappy stuff produced by people who are "real" > programmers (whatever that means). And yes, both groups of people probably > never had a course in UI design or DB design - that's the whole point. > Writing the program is the final stage of a the process and without the > understanding of the things you mentioned, the result will likely not be > good, whether it's written by someone who is paid good money to be a > programmer or by someone who does it for fun. > Pete > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > > > > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Judy Perry <jper...@ecs.fullerton.edu>wrote: > >> Perhaps you'd care to offer an example or three of "hobbyist" (notice that >> it is ALWAYS used in a demeaning manner) software done in LC that looks or >> behaves any crappier than stuff produced by "real" programmers in *any* >> language who've obviously never had a course in UI or UX design? >> >> Judy >> "the lowly dumb hobbyist" >> >> On Sat, 13 Aug 2011, Pete wrote: >> <snip> >> >> Just like recording software, using a programming language without the >>> required knowledge produces pretty lousy results. >>> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
