> I would love to have the opportunity to submit a more lengthy 'essay' > outlining in some detail what I've evolved in my imagination over a few > years of thinking about this. Naming a few features doesn't get the idea > across. I haven't written it up in one piece as yet. I need to scramble > through all my past notes about it; might take 3-5 pages. Heck, maybe it's > not as good a set of ideas as I think, but what I envision sure appeals to > me for what I do with writing. Wish I'd had it 20 years ago. >
In my opinion writing out an ideal interface (or more accurately: work, process and interaction flows) are worth doing, if only to clarify for self what is being sought. I've found it valuable for myself at any rate. It's a good way of making the not-so-well-considered ideas known. If I can't describe it clearly, then I haven't considered it as much or as deeply as I'm in the habit of assuming I have. Of course even after the fuzzy thinking has been given the boot it's still very difficult to get others to invest enough imagining-themselves-in-your-shoes time to appreciate the vision described -- they're busy with their own imagings. You've been thinking about this for a couple decades, the challenges still have you by the short and curlies, they're not letting you go or you them, so by that evidence alone it's something worth writing down. :-) -matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/aed031fa-466c-4a7b-9a16-4de4f588c00a%40googlegroups.com.
