On Apr 29, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: > > On Apr 29, 2011, at 09:21, kbostroem wrote: > >>> Here's another point: BibDesk allows files of /any/ type as an attachment. >>> Should we also have a preference for .doc, .docx, .jpg, .png, .rtf, .rtfd, >>> .ps, .eps, .dvi...? There's a reason the system handles this for us, and >>> it makes a lot of sense. >>> >> I somehow expected an argument like this. It's a purist point of view. >> (Developers tend to be purist, in my experience.) > > Perhaps. I'd rather argue that you have no idea what "normal" or > "ordinary" users do (or may do in future), so let's dispense with this > "purist developer" vs. "ordinary user" crap. >
I agree with Adam that this is a little unfair. The developer has to try to make the work flows in the app as intuitive as possible for the purposes the app is designed for. It's very hard to figure out what that work flow is. It's part deduction, part social science experiment. Perhaps there are developers that are more and less purist when it comes to coding practice, but I think that with regard to user experience and the utility of the app, good developers want to know what the ordinary user is likely to find most natural when carrying out tasks of the sort the app is made for. ------------------ Adam M. Goldstein PhD, MSLIS -- z_california...@shiftingbalance.org http://www.shiftingbalance.org http://www.twitter.com/shiftingbalance -- http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180621 -- Associate Editor Reviews Editor Evolution: Education & Outreach http://www.springer.com/life+sci/journal/12052 -- Spellman 205 (914) 637-2717 (msg) -- Dept of Philosophy Iona College 715 North Avenue New Rochelle NY 10801 http://www.iona.edu/faculty/agoldstein
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