On Mar 28, 2014, at 17:19, Fischlin Andreas wrote: > > > On 28 Mar 2014, at 22:52, "Christiaan Hofman" <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That's easy to say if you start from scratch. We're not. I agree with Adam >> it's unproductive to lecture. I have to support whatever is already there. >> You seem to suggest I don't look at the user experience, and that's >> annoying, because I really do, a lot. But I have to fit that into what >> already exists, both for the UI (user experience) and the implementation, >> and I try to do that as good as possible, which is hard. And my point was >> also about user experience. I really think Lite and Premium are subsettings, >> rather than primary settings, and I mean that from the user POV, not just >> from the implementation POV (they really are not contradictory). And the UI >> should reflect that. > > Yes you do really a lot and you know that I do acknowledge that. I have often > defended you, when others could not understand you. > > I also appreciate a lot what you all do. I tried not to lecture but to help > in the design, as a part of a contribution towards BD. I have my style of > programming or I should perhaps better say software design. As half computer > scientists I have developed my style, which may be different from yours, or > maybe is even not particularly compatible. However, this is no reason to get > into some sort of quarreling tone. I apologize should you have perceived my > attempts of contributing as offensive in any way. This was not my intention > in any way. As I said I tried to contribute in the only way I can at the > moment. > > BTW, the user model is not the user experience. > > But I will now stop and say nothing more to not interfere, since I understood > that you do not consider my contributions to be useful in any way. Then I > have no problem to shut up. > > Cheers, > Andreas
I am sorry, I apologize for my tone, I did not mean to quarrel, I do appreciate your input a lot. Christiaan >> >> Christiaan >> >> On Mar 28, 2014, at 14:20, Fischlin Andreas wrote: >> >>> I do not think so. In all my software engineering projects I profited from >>> designing software starting with the user model or having someone in the >>> team who collaborated by working with the software only as an end user. >>> This only enhanced the quality of the software, never the other way round. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Andreas >>> >>> >>> >>> On 28/Mar/2014, at 13:59 , Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 28, 2014, at 5:24, Fischlin Andreas >>> <andreas.fisch...@env.ethz.ch<mailto:andreas.fisch...@env.ethz.ch>> wrote: >>> >>> Good software always differentiates between the user model and the >>> implementation model. >>> >>> Just FYI, constant lecturing on "good software" design principles is likely >>> to be unproductive here unless you're intimately familiar with the code in >>> question. >>> >>> thanks, >>> Adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-develop mailing list Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop
