> On Dec 26, 2007 10:26 AM, Pamela McCorduck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why are engineering and beautiful design incompatible? Google, of all > > folks, ought to know better. But anyway, I wait breathlessly until > > February. > > > Someone who bought a Kindle should talk about beautiful design? Voting with your wallet?
Actually, I think it's just a matter of sensitivities. Painters make superficially ugly pictures that are beautiful within the constraints they set for themselves; engineers can make thousands of beautiful design decisions which are invisible unless you crack open the case, review the code, or look at the profits. -- rec --
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