On Mon, 20 May 2013 22:18:31 -0700, Nick Sabalausky
<seewebsitetocontac...@semitwist.com> wrote:
On Mon, 20 May 2013 19:24:44 -0700
"Adam Wilson" <flybo...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, 20 May 2013 18:04:10 -0700, Nick Sabalausky
<seewebsitetocontac...@semitwist.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 20 May 2013 15:54:10 -0700
> "Adam Wilson" <flybo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Very few actual users care about changing the behavior of the
>> widgets. Most people who want to change them just want to skin
>> them.
>>
>
> One standard deviation is all that ever matters. Everyone else can
> and should just go fuck off. It's their own goddamn fault anyway
> for being such a bunch of unreasonable jackasses. Fuck 'em, nobody
> cares about them anyway, especially since we all know perfectly
> well they're just a bunch of fat unshowered virgin slobs living in
> their parent's basement and jerking to "7 of 9".
>
>
>
> ...Right?
>
>
>
> Or, of course, we could just go with the classic favorite: "It's
> just business."
>
So the basic premise of the argument is that if we can't make
everyone happy we shouldn't do anything at all?
The basic premise is that "fuck the minority" is asinine. I know you've
never worded it in such a way, but that's exactly what it amounts to.
Let me pose you this
question. If a piece of software did something for you that you
absolutely had to do and nothing else did, but had a non-native
widget UI, would you use that piece of software?
There's nothing hypothetical about that:
I *do* use Claws mail, Gimp, DVDFab (to remove PUOs from my - yes,
legitimate - discs) and various others, I have used iTunes, Flash and
others in the past, and those are all non-native abominations. And yes,
I put up with them *even over some native UI alternatives*, because for
one reason or another they're the best option (for me) that I can find.
That still doesn't change the fact that I hate putting up with them and
I would immediately jump ship given an all-around sufficient
alternative.
Most people, even the prideful ones, would just use it, because not
using the software is worse than the UI decisions by the designer.
So I take it you *really* weren't expecting my answer above then. You
were maybe convinced I was something I'm clearly not, hmm? Just because
I don't chase trends eagerly? Or just that someone not sharing your
opinion, or who doesn't engage in group-think, couldn't possibly be
rational? Something else, perhaps?
Pretty much the answer I expected actually.
--
Adam Wilson
IRC: LightBender
Project Coordinator
The Horizon Project
http://www.thehorizonproject.org/
