On 11 Feb 2008, at 19:47, Mark Canlas wrote: > Look and feel is shallow. In the context of software, look and feel > refers > to what skin widgets have. Programmers use it when they talk about > Java vs > native widgets. You can have one app and skin it different ways, > changing > its "look and feel". To some extent, you could say the various > themes of > Windows XP and Winamp change the product's "look and feel", but you > don't > hear people say that often. Again, only Java people. [snip]
Dunno about other people, but folk I used to work with in the pre- web, pre-Java days used the term in a more general way (look == appearance, feel == intractions) - not just of individual widgets, but of the whole application. So I guess it depends who you talk to. Adrian ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
