> From: Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> > The Fool wrote:
> >>
> >>> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>
> >>> The Fool wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Don't
> >> get
> >>>> me started on bad UI design.
> >>>
> >>> I'm hoping not to.  But, could you give some examples of good UI
> >> design?
> >>
> >> Minesweeper.
> >> Winamp 2.x
> >> Visual Studio.
> >> Notepad.
> 
> Winamp has basically the same UI as any other media player, and the 
> same panoply of completely nauseating skins available. Visual Studio is


Winamp did it first.  Others copied.  Including things like the title-bar
mode, Visualizations, plugins, etc.

> amazing simply for the fact that it has *so much* UI, but it is still 
> very usable.

The fact that you can add, change, or delete any and all UI elements
including menus?

> I'm assuming that Minesweeper and Notepad are trolls.

They are simple, clean, uncluttered, minimalist designs.
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