>>> 2 - the various animations (on by default) are a distraction to the >>> user >> >>To you. >yes - but not just me - to most users
Please provide some foundation for that statement using objectively gathered statistics. A survey, for example. Otherwise, enough with the statements-of-personal-opinion-as-if-they-are-facts. It's gotten old. >as an example, on some of he 15 PCs I also admin, Real player has >recently sent something that causes the 'quick start' icon (in the lower >right corner) to flash. I have had 10 people ask me how to turn it off >as it was annoying. > >Flashing, bouncing, or other moving objects - that the user has not >requested - *are* an annoyance, a distraction and break in the UI. OK, I'm declaring a moratorium on this "UI guidelines" crap. UI guidelines are invented. They carry about as much weight as a "U.N. resolution." They aren't laws. Apple is free to think different and break them at will, and I'm darn glad they do. Otherwise we'd have machines designed by a bunch of "ergonomicists" who think they know what's best for everybody else. And yes, I've read the studies which outline the research and reasoning behind the "UI guidelines," and they're all subjective bullsnot. "Icons mustn't do this," "Objects cannot flash or move," blah blah blah. What, are we living in a fascist state now or something? Anybody can argue against a design change by saying it's "a UI violation." That doesn't prove anything. Enough already. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
