On 28 Jun 2009 at 14:49, Phil Daley wrote: > At 6/28/2009 12:56 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > >Until you can demonstrate that the research is flawed and produces > >unreliable results, I'm going to believe those who've actually taken > >the time to design mechanisms for testing the proposition, rather > >than going with the gut feelings of individual users. > > For one thing, both Apple and Microsoft SELL mouses.
Such a huge portion of their profits!!!! > But you probably believe all the drug company research, too. Brilliant comparison, Phil -- drug companies subsidize studies of their mainline products in order to sell their mainline products. Microsoft and Apple subsidize studies of the user interface in order to promote a minor part of their product lines, at the expense of what might be the best design interests of their principle products. If you believe that, then you probably subscribe to just about every conspiracy theory ever promulgated by the lunatic fringe. Get realistic, folks. MS and Apple really don't have a monetary interest in promoting mouse usage as a way of promoting hardware sales. Claiming that makes you look batshit crazy. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
