On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 12:09:24PM +0100, Dave Griffiths wrote: > On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 19:29, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > > Besides, we were talking about widgets. When even single > > widgets would require to RTFM, what would that mean > > for a full app? > > I think there is a danger here of being too conservative - something I > think existing commercial software does (in a sense it has to). We have > to opportunity to try out new ideas that may indeed confuse a user used > to current interface standards - but as long as there is a clear logic > to whats going on it should be a rapid learning curve.
I'm all for trying out new things (that should be obvious by now). But a widget should not need documentation, users should be able to figure all major features out by themselves. Additional features accessibe by modifier keys are the only thing where I think it's ok if there's no visiual hint. --- Thorsten
