--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 14, 2006, at 8:37 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > [...] > > and the Windows > >> Sidebar, where it bests Apple, Google and everyone in user-interface > >> design), > > > > > > I'm not familiar with what is meant by "Windows side-bar". Claiming > > that they beat everyone > > in user-interface design implies that there is an objective > > critereon for this. What is the > > "Windows Sidebar?" > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/foreveryone/sidebar.mspx > > It's similar to the Widget layer (F12 key) on 10.4 and up, albeit as > a Dock-like sidebar that comes in and out. Instead of "Widgets", > they'll call them "Gadgets". It seems some of this bloat is to drive > new hardware by necessity. To use this type of system, 2 gigs of RAM > will become the norm. >
Saying that beats everyone is marketing hype. There are well-defined areas of user interface design that everyone has to do the same way and last I heard, widgets weren't one of them. An example of a well-defined area is the menu bar at the top of the screen. There are mathematical rules derived from ergonomics-testing that determine how it should behave. I haven't heard of any such rules for something like what is described at that URL. It's a matter of personal taste for that kind of thing. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
