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------- Additional comments from [email protected] Mon Apr 27 05:00:02 +0000 2009 ------- UX has really blown it on this one. In their preoccupation with user cases, they have neglected user /expectations/. Even for us programmers, who are not always the most aware people in the world, ignoring user expectations is a fairly serious transgression. In UX, this is very disappointing, indeed. In the hierarchy of design principles, user expectations stands higher than case analysis. They should have taken one look at that beautiful graphic triangle, and said, "Oh, that's /obviously/ drag-able, make it so," and approved the issue. They should have approved it even if nobody could think of a single case where a user would want to do it. Instead, they cavil about user complexity! Apparently, they have also forgotten the fundamental principle of a GUI: its use is supposed to be /intuitively obvious/. Users might ask themselves, "How do I--" and stop right there: "Oh, all I need to do is click and drag." Learning time: zero. Execution time (user time spent on the task): two seconds or less. None of the proposed alternatives approach this efficiency. I hope they get their heads on straight, and approve this issue. I'd like to drag notes, myself--out of the construction zone! /tj/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
