I don't get Apple design. How could the designers of OSX have come up with a dog like iOS?
Mike On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Scott Barnes <scott.bar...@gmail.com>wrote: > VS2012 design could have been worse.. Apple could have designed it :) > > http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/780667831.jpg?1371031013 > > > --- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > http://www.riagenic.com > > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@iinet.net.au>wrote: > >> Greg, Greg – I put it down to the UIX guru / fiend that obviously exerted >> great influence over the PMs and higher-ups in Microsoft. **** >> >> I can’t stand Office 2013 – I appreciate some features, but find some of >> the behaviours and the UI itself just counter-productive (ie, anti my >> productivity). I don’t think I am resistant to change. I removed it, in >> favour of Office 2010 (incidentally, I never used Office2007 and took to >> the ribbon OK). **** >> >> There is another VS2012 hack that I omitted – NiceVS. It overlaps with >> one of the other hacks that I listed. **** >> >> NiceVS**** >> >> >> http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/a36021f0-770a-4258-854e-724e9d12b8a6 >> **** >> >> I hate to have to do these things. **** >> ------------------------------ >> >> **Ian Thomas** >> Victoria Park, ****Western Australia******** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: >> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh >> *Sent:* Saturday, June 15, 2013 9:30 AM >> >> *To:* ozDotNet >> *Subject:* Re: VS2012 hacks**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Ian (et al), I have also taken a lot of steps recently to restore >> old colours and behaviour to recent Microsoft product releases. I don't >> normally do that. We all expect complaints when new versions of products >> are released, but in my experience the noise quickly drops away and people >> just accept the changes and run with them. However, the amount of stubborn >> resistance recently has been quite startling. Why is this happening?**** >> >> **** >> >> Microsoft is dragging us all along with it on some sort of global style >> change where there is less chrome, fewer borders, less saturated colour, >> fewer lines, etc. Now I can honestly understand this because the eye and >> brain work better with less clutter, but it all seems to have gone too far >> (remember the first preview of Visual Studio 2012 that looked like a >> charcoal etching?). Is there some department or research within Microsoft >> that is driving this trend? Do they explain their reasoning? Where did they >> recruit the drugged gibbons they put through the usability testing?**** >> >> **** >> >> And then there's Windows 8 ...**** >> >> **** >> >> Greg**** >> > > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
