Thibouille wrote: > Of course we know what you mean, but this is rather typical from > higher end bodies to habe loads of button for specific functions... > K10D/K20D or excellent examples of just that (even if they are not > perfect of course). > > K-m/K2000 is targeted to a vastly different market however. > Yes, but that's precisely why there shouldn't be loads of "customisation options". - Especially if most people will have to change the settings in order to get the "best" setup. Which the ones I mentioned sort of look like, but I don't know what the buttons in question will otherwise be used for...
The point is just that I think it's a huge misconception when reviewers or marketing material talk about the number of customisations as if having as many as possible is always a Good Thing. The goal when designing a user interface should instead be to limit the options to a bare minimum - not as a way to put restrictions on the users, but by making sure the default behaviour is so well thought out that nobody will want to change it. - Toralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
