Software design is a trade-off between flexibility (functionality) and
automaticity (user-friendliness).
The more open-ended the designer makes his software, the more powerful
it becomes, but the trade off is that the user generally needs more
expertise, to understand and utilize the power of the additional options.
IMHO, this is a classic example.
The simple way is to have the user select Data Source 1, 2 or 3 (as
was the case in previous versions). Very simple and user-friendly, but
the user has no control over the URLs, because they are pre-programmed.
The flexible way in this case is to have the user enter the URL
manually. Some may see this as a headache, but it only needs to be
performed once.
Perhaps a nice compromise would have been to have some sensible
defaults pre-programmed into the URLs dialog screen, upon installation.
Or, alternatively, to have buttons:
'Data source 1'
'Data source 2'
'Data source 3'
which automatically paste the correct HTTPs into the URLs dialog
screen. That would keep everybody happy...... well, maybe :-)
David
--- In [email protected], "Rik Rasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I see it as an improvement.
>
> How is it different from email software where you have to put in the
pop and
> smtp servers initially? Even the latest web browsers need a url to work.
>
> At least now we have access to the download urls.
>
> Rik Rasmussen
> Best Charts Yahoo Group Moderator
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bestcharts/
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jawed Ashraf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 5:18 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: [bestcharts] Re: Version 4.40 Intraday TA charts
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Come on, let's not beat about the bush. The developer of Best
Charts has
> > made a serious mistake releasing this version.
> >
> > Just ignore it.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure he'll soon realise that his sales have fallen off
> > badly due
> > to this. No one in their right mind would take this backwards
step into a
> > nightmare of 1970s user interface design seriously.
> >
> > Jawed
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