radish Wrote: > Granny's are not the universal measure of usability. Neat quote!
> Cars do not come with books telling you how to drive - it's assumed you > already know. But there are laws and procedures to prevent you from entering a car without knowing how to drive. For instance, you can't buy or rent a car without showing a drivers license. > when designing the interface for the car, the manufacturer is careful > not to stray to far from the conventional. Again, that's law, not UI design. Car manufacturers are mandated to design the CI (Car Interface) a certain way. > assuming a basic level of domain knowledge (what's an mp3, what's a tag) > is perfectly fair - the trick is to get it right. Set the bar too high > and you're flamed for being exclusive, or geek oriented, set it too low > and you waste time writing docs which no one will read. I think a perfect way of doing this is 2 sets of docs, the first one just a few pages, called something like "getting started" and another one, for once you've played for a while and want to get more into it. > Personally, from a UI perspective, I think BMF is a mistake. I know lots > of people love it, which is why it's there, but if the DB based browses > could be customized to allow people to order things how they like then > hopefully the need for BMF would vanish, and with it a lot of > headaches. Agreed. Michael -- Michaelwagner ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18651 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
