On 2.03.2016 21:53, J. Landman Gay wrote:
On 3/2/2016 10:04 AM, Mark Waddingham wrote:
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.
Oh yes, absolutely, and I've found the team to be remarkably
responsive. I was very impressed with Ali, he really listened and was
intent on making the IDE as perfect as possible. I wanted to hug him,
I was that happy.
That said, there are certain established expectations for how computer
interfaces work, how people read/scan written material, how layouts
are most easily accessed, and so forth. Every time a tool breaks any
of those expectations the user will be frustrated or annoyed, even if
it is just momentary. That's what happened to me when I recently
started to explore the new IDE.
I have very strong motivations to use LC, it's my whole business. But
I was frustrated enough that I went back to vs 7 after each attempt
with 8. I will learn it eventually, and I'm willing to do so, but I
wonder about the new users we want to court. If they need to read
documentation (currently lacking) and expend a lot of effort to learn
how a tool works ("selections aren't as you'd expect, we do it this
way,") they won't bother. We'll lose them.
I could make a list if that would help. There are too many small
things to write reports about each one, but I do think that attention
to these little details would improve the user experience. The team
may think my criticisms are trivial, but they did cause me trouble.
And I very much want new users to intuit the IDE immediately and get
drawn in. Surely making them fight their instincts can't be productive.
I am actually quite curious as to why the Livecode team decided to
change the Properties palette
so radically.
R.
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