on 1-06-26 15.13, Jay Walters at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> You guys wouldn't want to hear my stories... suffice it to say I agree that
> if you can't understand to edit the properties files by hand you probably
> shouldn't be editing them with a GUI... It can be a checkbox on a feature
> list though and sometimes that is important (even though it feels wrong!-)
Yes We all probably experienced similar stories ... I do believe that one
should educate to the point of understanding ... and to shield some low
level stuff from people using a system ... a UI of high complexity systems
need to deal with behavioural psychology and have to *?* rely on pre
knowledge of its users *!* or could let users get access to the knowledge
needed from the tool itself - that the UI is the facade for ...
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A modern UI need to deliver ...
Education (smart doc's)
Usability (efficiency)
Empoverment (results)
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Lets look at the concept of EJB responsibilities that yields portability ...
The Bean Provider (possible user of UI)
The Container Provider (possible user of UI)
The Server Provider (possible user of UI)
The Application Assembler (possible user of UI)
The Deployer (possible user of UI)
The System Administrator (possible user of UI)
--
A system that can be used will be adopted ... and a UI can help ...
with Love
/peter
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