On 2016-03-02 16:44, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Mark Waddingham wrote:
On 2016-03-02 06:46, J. Landman Gay wrote:
I confess my first reaction was that LC needs an interface designer.
Ah - yes - those magical 'interface designers' who you just ask to
give you the perfect UI that *everyone* immediately understands and
knows how to use and works exactly how each individual wants it to
work ;)
There is no best; there is always better.
Indeed - perfection is a journey, not a destination.
Just to clarify my comment, what I was trying to point out (in an
attempt at a humourous way) is that invoking a 'interface designer' does
not magically mean you end up with a user interface which any one person
agrees with, or actually works for all use-cases. This does not mean to
say that having a full time experienced dev-tool oriented UX designer
wouldn't help immeasurably with the evolution of LiveCode's interface,
but it certainly wouldn't be a magic wand which makes things better
overnight.
My observation over the years that regardless of the UX design
experience of the person designing things developing a good UI comes
down to dialog between the designer(s) and the user(s); and as with all
things it generally comes down to compromise.
I do think this has been occurring quite healthily recently with regards
LC8 and, indeed, some of the tweaks that have been made to the project
browser (in particular its selection / highlighting logic) have been a
direct result of discussion with individuals who have pointed out
certain flaws and I do hope that will continue.
Warmest Regards,
Mark.
--
Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
LiveCode: Everyone can create apps
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