Consumers push the shoe car and computer market to offer diversity. I don't remember a software consumer complaining that their gui control was too familiar or easy to use ;-)
As an aside, I love the book 'About Face: Interaction Design' which has a chapter on designing interactions, and the differences between a visual artist (someone who wants to provoke a reaction to their piece of art) and a visual designer (someone who has to represent software behaviour based on the goals of other people). -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cedric Muller Sent: 15 November 2005 08:44 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Style Flash MX2004 Components same with shoes, cars and computers .. yep, we are in That World :-) > I disagree...users don't give a damn whether a component is skinned or > not, but whether it works as a piece of UI. How many different > comboboxes do we need in the world?? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > JesterXL > Sent: 14 November 2005 21:06 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Style Flash MX2004 Components > > I find just the opposite; I think it's easier in Flex. > > I'm with you, though. The pendulum has swung too far to the other > side. > Pre-Flash MX, it was "no Flash UI assets look the same". Now, post > Flex 1.5 it's "all Flex apps look the same". > > Mars needs women. Flex needs UI designers. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Johannes Nel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 4:01 PM > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Style Flash MX2004 Components > > > yeah, they do look better than the IDE ones, but its easier to skin > stuff in flash than flex from my experience thus far. due to this we > are seeing more and more apps looking very similiar, which as a > non-designer i think sucks. > > On 11/14/05, JesterXL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> The Flex ones look better. Before people realized they were coded >> better, a few wanted the look and feel since it was refined. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dustin Krysak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 3:48 PM >> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flex Style Flash MX2004 Components >> >> >> Maybe in case there are aspects of a project developed in both flash >> and flex? >> >> Not sure otherwise. >> >> >> >> On 14-Nov-05, at 12:45 PM, Johannes Nel wrote: >> >>> why???????????????????????? >>> >>> On 11/14/05, Hindman, Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Nope ... >>>> >>>> http://www.dwuser.com/flexcomponents/ >>>> >>>> -- Jeff Hindman >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Pete Hotchkiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 10:43 AM >>>> To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' >>>> Subject: [Flashcoders] Flex Style Flash MX2004 Components >>>> >>>> >>>> I have a very vague recollection of somebody somewhere creating a >>>> set of Flex Styled components for Flash MX2004 - was I dreaming ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Flashcoders mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Flashcoders mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> j:pn >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flashcoders mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > > > > -- > j:pn > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
