All true, John. Hadn't thought of running Scribus through WP interface (I started using WP when it was 4.1, so...); that would be horrifying. And unproductive. Maybe even amusing.
On Jan 30, 2008 11:57 PM, John Beardmore <John at t4sltd.co.uk> wrote: > S B wrote: > > > In every case, when I learned a new program, from Wordperfect to Word to > > CorelDraw to Publisher to InDesign to Scribus, and from Lotus to Excel, > > Excel to Filemaker, I have had to learn a new interface, new commands, > > new ways of doing things. I think all of us would like to have an end > > to constant name changes for commands, places on the toolbars, and > > different ways of doing things. > > Not necessarily. I'd hate to be running Scribus through the Wordperfect > interface. > > > > That's never happened, and it's > > unlikely to happen in the future. > > And it would kill the evolution of user interfaces stone dead if it ever > did. > > Apart from which, in some parts of the commercial world, intellectual > property issues may be preventing some UI platforms sharing 'look and > feel'. > > > Cheers, J/. > -- > John Beardmore, MSc EDM (Open), B.A. Chem (Oxon), CMIOSH, AIEMA, MEI > Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/ > Carbon Trust Consultant: Energy Audit, Carbon Footprint, Design Advice > Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme Registered Assessor > P:0845 4561332 F:0870 0522417 M:07785 563116 Skype:t4sustainability > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20080131/56913288/attachment.htm
