On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 8:08 AM, Jean Laeremans <laeremans.jeanma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Weird. Modal is the rare exception in all my apps. You sound so 80ties. Lol >
No, Man-wei has a point, I think. As do you. The key is to create a consistent design that makes the users productive, whatever it takes. Windows is a horrible mess of desktop and windowing metaphors. MDI, the Multiple Document Interface, let people do things like tile all the windows they had open. I don't think anyone really did that until MS made Tiles the interface of the Metro. You could stack all of your windows, although no one really knows why. In the vast majority of the apps I've delivered, I show the client things like the ability to look at two orders side by side and they look at me quizzically and ask why they would want to do that. Modal windows are a bad workaround to managing state. It's as if, as Alan Cooper said, in the middle of a collaborative work effort, you have to stop what you are doing, leave the room, enter another, get oriented, answer one question, and return to what you are doing. The costs in context-switching are huge compared to the benefit. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4v+Top4uc9Fi3RpPNCiHwg8AD4UbBf7=jnt2eevpcw...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
