On 27 Jun 2009 at 2:20, Owain Sutton wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > On 26 Jun 2009 at 21:00, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: > > > >> I have several friends that are graphic designers, and I'm in awe of > >> watching them work in Photoshop or Illustrator without having to use the > >> mouse at all. When I asked about it, they told me their productivity would > >> shrink by 3/4 if they didn't have the keyboard shortcuts. > > > > And yet, the actual research on this subject completely contradicts > > that user perception. That is, Apple and Microsoft's usability labs > > have run the tests many times and mousing is faster than keyboarding. > > > > It's counterintuitive to me, but them's the facts. > > And the tests run by third parties?
I don't know. While one could say that Apple had an agenda, MS came late to that ballgame. Why would Apple and Microsoft have an incentive to misrepresent the research? What good would it do them to design their products to be less useful than they could be? -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
