On 01/19/2012 09:17 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
Speaking from the perspective of someone who likes to get work done: I feel
that too many innovations in the user interface can be a major turn-off.
This is why I still use Appleworks 6 for Macintosh as my Primary
Word-Processor, and "fairly shabby" AbiWord on Linux.
It is also why Livecode should keep its UI as it is; rather than muck
around with it, why not offer a series of alternatives (err . . .
'skins'), so choices can be made by the end-users, rather than another
of the Apple/Microsoft One-size-fits-all phenomenon things?
My favorite CAD program uses many of the same tools that were a part of the
original MacDraw program; greatly enhanced and more powerful, but much the
same. So I get work done without learning a bunch of new stuff all the time.
Hey there are lots of people out there like me and familiarity is a strong factor in
"acceptance". When I first became enchanted with the Mac it was largely because all of
the apps that came out were similar enough so that I already knew how to use 90% of a new one. Even
LC, has adhered to this approach (mostly). When it doesn't is when I start disliking it. I've begun
to "dislike" a lot of things in many apps. Even LC. Give me a break. I'm pushing 80.
(smile)
IMHO,
Joe Wilkins
Architect and sometimes programmer
On Jan 19, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Pete wrote:
I agree. Speaking from the perspective of a Mac user, it's impossible to
build an app whose ui doesn't look dated.
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Mark Wieder<mwie...@ahsoftware.net> wrote:
Native widgets would be nice on the desktop, too, but I'm not holding
my breath.
--
Pete
Molly's Revenge<http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
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