In <[email protected]>, on 12/12/2013
at 09:09 PM, David Crayford <[email protected]> said:
>Would they be seduced by a GUI?
The Devil is in the details. Would they be seduced by a GUI that was
as fast, functional, reliable and user friendly as the old interface?
Probably most would. Would they be seduced by a poorly designed GUI
that was slower and less reliable than what they were used to, a GUI
that did not have the functionality they needed? Some might, but most
would run away screaming in disgust.
A properly done GUI is a joy to use, but Sturgeon's Law applies. A
poorly done GUI, especially a poorly done webified application, is
torment.
>I wonder how many mainframers would stick to what they're
>comfortable with even if a GUI interface came along that totally
>nuked the old school UI.
Probably very few.
How do you make tiger stew? First catch the tiger. I don't anticipate
the experiment being tried any time soon.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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