At 20:00 +0200 07/08/09, Sebastian Krzyszkowiak wrote: ... >Sorry, but that mail made me feel depressed :/ > >Click on everything possible on keyboard, say "oh my god, i was >blind!" and select Terminal keyboard.... > >-- >Sebastian Krzyszkowiak >dos > >_______________________________________________ >Openmoko community mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Sorry, I am accustomed to use Apple MacOS. And now it is time for you to learn a new concept - usability! A button should look like a button and not like some uninteresting weired "flat" thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability Quote: "... In human-computer interaction and computer science, usability usually refers to the elegance and clarity with which the interaction with a computer program or a web site is designed. ... The primary notion of usability is that an object designed with a generalized users' psychology and physiology in mind is, for example: ... Easier to learn-operation can be learned by observing the object [Read again: "by observing the object" - not by tumbling around blindly ! ] ..." Button usability: http://www.e-reiss.com/Articles.aspx Quote: "... Anything interactive needs to broadcast its "clickability." ..." Introduction to Apple Human Interface Guidelines: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/XHIGIntro/XHIGIntro.html Quote: "... These guidelines are designed to assist you in developing products that provide Mac OS X users with a consistent visual and behavioral experience across applications and the operating system. Following the guidelines is to your advantage because: ... The implementation of Apple's human interface principles make the Macintosh what it is: intuitive, friendly, elegant, and powerful. ..." Buttons: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/XHIGControls/XHIGControls.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000359-TPXREF186 Quote: "... Buttons initiate an immediate action. If a button initiates an indeterminate process, the button should be dimmed until the process is complete, and status feedback should be provided. ... All push buttons should be clear in appearance ..." - If you catched the proper notion you will think: Oh My God - I have been enlightened! From now on I will also remember to think about usability and not provide my end users with nerdy user interface stuff, e.g. some non-button like button! /Glenn . _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
