(obviously going through posts from the last week).
ALso, it IS clear from the description that the old dialog box/
sheet approach will still be available. I think the idea of having
the document appearance change dynamically as you mouse over the
icons for the design changes is a real codin
Dan,
I agree completely.
HyperCard "hooked" me with the Addresses stack. I added one field
("Birthdays", so when I looked up someone's phone number I could see if there
were any
birthdays or anniversaries in the family in the next week or so) and never
looked back.
It would be nice to have a
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On Oct 12, 2005, at 1:06 AM, Judy Perry wrote:
But, respectfully, they all LOOK ALIKE. You can spot them from a mile
away. They are fake; they not infrequently have nothing to do with the
content which they exist presumably to advance. They were chosen for
being the least obnoxious of the pr
Think of Revolution (or perhaps more appropriately Dreamcard) in this
context. If we could define, say, 10 or 12 basic application types
that have a significant number of elements in common within each and
make it possible to get a big head start in creating an app by
choosing what we can t
Scott ,
> I must be missing the point of your post. MS claims to be providing more
> templates and making the UI easier to use. To use your example, they're
> adding even more presets and converting the tiny LCD into a full color
> display. Whether they succeed remains to be seen, but the goa
Yes, but by all accounts, it will be a special, proprietary XML that
they won't open. And they've publicly stated that they will NOT
support OpenFormat, which is an XML standard format.
Dan
On Oct 11, 2005, at 11:52 PM, Scott Kane wrote:
IMO, the fact that MSWord saves files in their ow
Given their HEAVY use of tags in word html or rtf exports, sounds scary
already!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/10/2005 08:52:54:
>
> > IMO, the fact that MSWord saves files in their own proprietary markup
> > language *should* discourage anyone from ever using it. It'd sure be
> > cool if mo
> IMO, the fact that MSWord saves files in their own proprietary markup
> language *should* discourage anyone from ever using it. It'd sure be
> cool if more adopted Massachusetts Open Doc policy.
> http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,122685,00.asp
Hi Chipp,
I'm on the beta team for Off
At 10:06 PM -0700 10/11/05, Judy Perry wrote:
But, respectfully, they all LOOK ALIKE.
These 'templets' or whatever they are called, are offered - you
are not forced to use them.
From the mouth of the Beast on page:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/uioverview.mspx
"The traditional dialo
But, respectfully, they all LOOK ALIKE. You can spot them from a mile
away. They are fake; they not infrequently have nothing to do with the
content which they exist presumably to advance. They were chosen for
being the least obnoxious of the predetermined lot. Modifying them
doesn't even come
Charles Hartman wrote:
A Whole New Look to office memos is a bad thing,
distracting, not a good thing; memos are not art. If you're a
typographer or graphic designer it's a different story -- but then you
don't use MS Office.
Charles, I respectfully disagree. Just like websites, many Offi
Charles
I don't think that's what MS has in mind here, though it could be an
unintended side effect. Rather, as I see it, they allow someone who
has written a memo and who looks at the printout and finds it crowded
to mouse over some alternate margin and spacing settings as graphical
On Oct 11, 2005, at 6:06 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
I think it's perfectly understandable that the musicians you cite
didn't
want to learn how to program the equipment. I'll wager the
majority of them
wanted to spend their time making music, not learning an arcane
programming
language. And y
Or, at the risk of a firestorm raining down on my head, Thomas Kinkade.
Dan
On Oct 11, 2005, at 3:41 PM, Alex Tweedly wrote:
Trevor DeVore wrote:
Well, that depends on what studio they are coming out of and the
quality of the sounds from their library :-) It also depends on
whether th
Devin-
Tuesday, October 11, 2005, 3:00:57 PM, you wrote:
> Isn't this whole malleable template approach to word processing
> exactly what Apple does with the new Pages word processor. I looked
To me it seems that they've taken a cue from skinnable apps. I'm most
intrigued by the "Developer" me
Trevor DeVore wrote:
Well, that depends on what studio they are coming out of and the
quality of the sounds from their library :-) It also depends on
whether the music produced was something that was paid for or
something that the person was doing for fun. Now, if you are hiring
someone
Recently, jbv wrote:
>> Actually, there is a difference: not how things *should* look but how things
>> *can* look. Again, the premise is that users are more comfortable modifying
>> existing designs/layouts/templates, rather than starting from scratch. The
>> template designers are giving user
Isn't this whole malleable template approach to word processing
exactly what Apple does with the new Pages word processor. I looked
at the MS screen shots, then fired up my copy of Pages, and thought
how lucky MS is to have Apple do its R&D.
;-)
Devin
Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and
I think the history of synthesizers is quite an interesting example
of what happens in the real world.
Back in late seventies, most synths had wonderful UIs (ie. lots of
single-function knobs and buttons).
Sequential Circuits (RIP) had noticed, even then, that 90% of the
synths returned f
On Oct 11, 2005, at 1:30 PM, jbv wrote:
IMHO this is the kind of approach that works perfectly
on paper, but not so well in real life...
Let's take the example of electronic music devices (synths,
rhythm-boxes, etc). Since the mid 80's most of them come
with numerous presets, but also with ed
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Dom wrote:
> As if Revolution shipped with a number of pre-made stacks ;-)))
;-)
Judy
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Scott Rossi a *crit :
> Actually, there is a difference: not how things *should* look but how things
> *can* look. Again, the premise is that users are more comfortable modifying
> existing designs/layouts/templates, rather than starting from scratch. The
> template designers are giving users
Chipp Walters wrote:
My experience is that people criticize much better than they create.
This is one of the reasons design schools emphasize 'crits' and rarely
give 'blank page' exercises (even thesis work rarely involves starting
from scratch). It's also the reason many prefer 'template' app
Dom wrote:
>As if Revolution shipped with a number of pre-made stacks ;-)))
Which would be no bad idea IMHO.
:-D
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Judy Perry wrote:
--I'd argue that the empty page forces people to think and explore and
create; to promote activity as opposed to passivity. Should, say, computer
science lectures look just like comparative lit lectures, which look
just like...
My experience is that people criticize much bett
Judy Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On the one hand, I "get" that these sorts of things enable people to do
> things they might otherwise not be able to do. OTOH, it seems also to
> disable their ability to be creative (ala grammar "checkers" that
> discourage composition of compelling prose
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Scott Rossi wrote:
> Actually, there is a difference: not how things *should* look but how things
> *can* look. Again, the premise is that users are more comfortable modifying
> existing designs/layouts/templates, rather than starting from scratch. The
> template designers
Recently, Judy Perry wrote:
> Of course users want to be told how things should look.
Actually, there is a difference: not how things *should* look but how things
*can* look. Again, the premise is that users are more comfortable modifying
existing designs/layouts/templates, rather than starting
Lots of reasons to dislike Microsoft, to be sure, and to distrust
them as well.
Still, I've been looking in greater depth at the new Office UI and
thinking about it and I think that for most users who care about
results -- the what and not the how -- this new approach to the user
experien
Sounds like even more 'Death by PowerPoint' ...
Of course users want to be told how things should look.
But your point is well taken re: reading the originals.
In case you might wonder why the knee-jerk reaction, I this term have ~30
upper-division university students (non-CS majors), and not a
FWIW,
I've got Dan's blog loading while I post this response, but, if your
commentary is spot-on, then it is a scary thing... appropriately
in-season.
Judy
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, jbv wrote:
>
>
> Dan ,
> "The new interface displays galleries of possible end-states, each of which
> combine many
>
On 10/10/2005 20:42:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dan ,
>
> > Jakob
> Nielsen's Alertbox newsletter today is about the new "results
> > oriented user experience" being developed by Microsoft for its
> > bloated Office product line.
> >
> > I provide my thoughts and links at http://www.eclecticity
Recently, jbv wrote:
> Here's a quote from J. Nielsen's article (BTW the link you provide
> on your blog is wrong) :
> "The new interface displays galleries of possible end-states, each of which
> combine many
> formatting operations. From this gallery, you select the complete look of your
> targ
Dan ,
> Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox newsletter today is about the new "results
> oriented user experience" being developed by Microsoft for its
> bloated Office product line.
>
> I provide my thoughts and links at http://www.eclecticity.com/.
> 3c65da4c in case anyone cares or wants to discuss it t
Dan Shafer wrote:
Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox newsletter today is about the new "results
oriented user experience" being developed by Microsoft for its bloated
Office product line.
I provide my thoughts and links at http://www.eclecticity.com/. 3c65da4c
in case anyone cares or wants to discuss
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