David Brown wrote: >.. > But, if you look further into what I quoted from Microsoft, their > guidelines are based on research and usability studies (which they don't > give references to in the documentation). > > Remember, I happen to think that much of the Windows GUI is very poorly > done, and quite unpleasant to use, not because it's a GUI, but because it > is clumsy and awkward. But even they agree with everyone else on some > things.
I don't have a reference; maybe it came from some comment on http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/iarchitect/shame.htm (or some other similarly named hall-of-shame place) or someplace I stumbled on starting from there.. ..but, I recall someone complaining that Microsoft spent a *lot* of money on serious usability testing, but seem to have abandoned commitment to following their own guidelines. Regards, ..jim (with tons of money, maybe you just forget where it went?) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
