Not ready to go there, friends. Yes, the gray is drear, indeed -- total agreement on that point!! And, no, Adobe's first incarnation of customizable UIs for Frame that can be adjusted (and restored) on the fly isn't perfect. But I can do things with it I never could before, and, all in all, I think it's making my work in Frame faster and more comfortable. Same can be said for Illustrator CS5, too, BTW. RJ Jacquez has a pretty good video on this on the Adobe web site. (I think there's a link to it in the archives). It changed my perspective from being skeptical about the new UI to beginning to imagine the possibilities.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Tori Muir Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 4:50 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: framers Digest, Vol 64, Issue 4 PREACH IT sister! Not only is the "Stalin gray" interface fugly and depressing (and much darker than Adobe's other fugly gray interfaces), the whole pod/docking behavior is incredibly time-wasting. Everything seems to want to glue itself into everything else! Maybe it's a sign of having become a dinosaur, but I find the cluttered multi-palette interface of v7 much faster to work with. Tori Muir tmuir at spot-on-creative.com * 650.430.8674 www.spot-on-creative.com Davis, Jessica D. wrote: > On Stuart's rant, I want to add my distaste for the whole pod thing. > Not only has it taken me a long time to find a view (or whatever they > call it) that doesn't get in my way, there are some awful bugs in the > pods. Try deleting multiple variables or multiple conditions. After > you delete one, the next one in the list appears to be selected, but > it's not. Some other variable further down the list may actually be > deleted. And if you delete too many, Frame crashes. (BTW-the > work-around for both of these problems is to click in the body of the > document between each deletion.) And this not just me, we have several > writers working on the project who complained about this problem. > Also, I hate how easy it is to accidentally collapse a catalog. Then > to reopen it, you have expand it and drag it out of the pod. I just > find the whole interface clunky and cumbersome and taking up too much > screen real estate. > > > --------------------------------------------- > > <rant> > > Bang on, Mike. I'm also addressing this message to Kapil Verma, who > was recently introduced as FM's product manager. The low-contrast, > monochrome GUI in FM 9 is not just butt-ugly, it's HARD TO USE. It > GETS IN THE WAY. It PREVENTS ME FROM EASILY ACHIEVING MY GOALS. > > There may be a valid argument for low-contrast grey interfaces in > programs like Illustrator and Photoshop, where the user's perception > of colours in the working document could be adversely influenced by > colours and contrasts in the GUI. But FM is NOT a graphics design > program. The precaution of eliminating colour and contrast in the > GUI, if that's what it is, is misplaced, unjustified, and highly counterproductive. > > Or if it's a marketing decision, originating in the "imperative" that > Adobe products must all look the same to protect "the brand," remember > that Henry Ford's user-defying mantra, "Any customer can have a car > painted any color that he wants so long as it is black" has been > discredited as a marketing strategy for an awfully long time. > > I strongly recommend, Kapil, that you call together the graphic > designers (and marketing "branders") who have obviously had > overwhelming influence on this GUI, thank them for their efforts, and > politely show them the door. Then get some USER INTERACTION experts > and USABILITY experts on board and set them to undoing the damage that > the artsy/marketsy folks have inflicted. > > The world (of technical writing) would be a better place. > > </rant> > > Thanks, > Jess > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as tmuir at spot-on-creative.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/tmuir%40spot-on-cr > eative.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as jim.pinkham at voith.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jim.pinkham%40voith. com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
