On Thursday, October 3, 2002, at 12:21 PM, Chip Scheide wrote:
> this *IS* my point entirely > OS X throws a good bit of 20 years of UI design and user feedback - out > the (preverbial) window No, OS X didn't throw them out; Apple just couldn't get them all in, given the time constraints they had in getting the OS to market. Some of them have been late getting in (spring-loaded folders, for example) and some have been superseded by superior interface paradigms. When OS X first appeared, "Tog" complained about the too-realistic looking icons, saying that original research for the original Mac showed that stylized icons were more recognizable and easier to identify. That's true, but the original Mac was only black and white (no grey, let alone color) with a much lower resolution. The original research was not applicable to the later generation Macs. Maybe not everything about OS X is better than predecessors, but I believe that overall, it is a much better user environment. Otherwise, I'd still be using OS 9. We're not human beings having a spiritual experience. We're spiritual beings having a human experience. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
