Tracy R Reed wrote:
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Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote:
So, you like horridly pixilated text, awkward and inconsistent use of mouse
and keyboard for commands and activities, and a system that crashes with
the slightest provocation over modern alternatives?
You are talking about Windows here, I presume?
Also, don't be so quick to disparage Fischer-Price. They make toys for
infants and children that the infants and children are actually able to
figure out and enjoy. Would you not think that takes some creative design
and engineering?
I think making toys for children is fairly easy. I don't think Fish
Price has all that much of an R&D budget.
Correction: Apple first popularized the GUI in the computer market, but by
no means were they the first to invent it. Windows XP's default GUI is by
far more toy-like than anything I've seen, and includes a BIG. GREEN.
START. BUTTON. That start button then pops out the most insidiously ugly,
obtusely-layed-out menu that I've ever had the displeasure to use.
Definitely true. But MS puts a lot of research into these things. I
suspect that button is green for a reason.
My research: I looked at the green button and I don't care for it.
M$ research: "Nah, I think the green looked better; go with the green".
Just because M$ did the research doesn't necessarily mean they came to
the best conclusions.
To say Windows 1.0 is more usable than _anything_ is an eggregious
exaggeration. Nobody found it useable. It was laughed off the market.
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Winderz 1.0 was definitely unusable.
At the same time that many of us still thought Quarterdeck's DesqView
was the kick-ass user interface on x86.
But I don't know if he just hates
apple. I just can't get over the bang for the buck argument where I
think x86 really shines. You can't argue with the benefits of mass
production on cost.
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> Tracy R Reed
People only talk up "Bang for the buck" when they can't afford what they
/really/ want. "Bang for the buck" applies when you need to compromise.
Compromising is not always the best decision.
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