On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:54, Stephane Bailliez wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter Donald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I was just reading some UI guidelines and recomendations and > > I came across a > > line that some people may; > > * cause a chuckle > > * cause frothing at that mouth > > > > Either way here it is ;) > > > > "It is the height of arrogance for a software designer to > > inflict a choice > > like this on the user simply because the designer couldn't > > think hard enough > > to decide which option is really better." > > What is it refering to ?
forget exactly. He was talking about features that end in the options dialog of a program. > My understanding as far as I am concern: > "make a choice, whatever it is, but don't let the user make the decision > for you." > > Might be ambiguous but you get the idea. > > Am I wrong here ? I would add the proviso that you are satisfying users requests for functionality ... not necessarily doing it the way they request though ;) -- Cheers, Pete ------------------------------------------ I just hate 'yes' men, don't you Smithers? ------------------------------------------ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
