Just something to keep in mind when we bring "but our target user is the power user" into the discussion:
A lot of us have past (or ongoing) experience with Linux and/or Windows. On these platforms, specially the latter, the power user is the user who knows shit so he can work around the OS's limitations. The mythical Mac power user would be the user who knows his shit so he can work *with* the OS's features to derive the most benefit. (Except in cases dealing with the Formidable Finder.) In my particular case, I leverage the power of the Unix underpinnings, doing a lot of stuff in the shell. Others like AppleScript. Whatever. My point is: while we can eschew overly dumbing down the UI to make it perfectly understandable to your mom on first use, we should avoid justifying bad decisions with "we're power users, we can deal, configure the hell out of it, until it actually works". Mutt users who love it but mourn the days lost to configuring it will agree with me here. This is a Mac app (damn it) after all. (I haven't seen *much* of such justifications. Consider this pre-emptive.) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
