On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Sinner from the Prairy < [email protected]> wrote:
> Fabrice Facorat wrote: > > > 2010/10/1 Romain d'Alverny > > <[email protected]>: > (...) > >> Both (substance, appearance) are crucial. If you only consider one > >> without balancing, making it consistent with the other, you're not > >> going down the right path. The interface, the whole experience with it > >> is the product. > > > > sure, but appearance is the key point. > > > > Archos is a good example of what we should not do ... > > > > I'm still amazed by the technicals limits of the iPhone, and how > > people can still want to buy them ... same for iPod ... > > > > iPod : no mp3, no FM radio, no USB mass storage support > > iPhone : no standard visio, no ability to create without iTunes or > > third party tools photo albums, less capable facebook integration, no > > FM radio, no flash, and so on ... > > iProducts don't have all the bullet points, all the technical specs that an > UberGeek would like. > > But the ones they have: work great, are integrated with the rest of the > ecosystem, are user-friendly and they are aesthetically pleasant. > > By focusing on 90% of specs and getting them to be 95% perfect, instead of > having 100% of specs and getting them to be just 50% workable, regular > people (95% of the population) like their products. > > Apple's approach mimics the Unix philosophy (every small tool covers a task > extremely well, and integrates with the rest of the Unix system): every > single technical bullet point included does a task extremely well with the > rest of the tools and look'n'feel. > > Mandriva tries that, with look'n'feel consistent on MCC, KDE and Gnome. > draketools work on TUI or GUI. They work well. > > IMHO, Mageia should improve on Mandriva, not try to get just "bullet > points" > on what our distro does. > > Let's pick our battles, go the Unix way, make sure what Mageia does, it > does > very well. And as Linux is Linux is Linux is Linux, it will do everything > else as well (and the kitchen sink). > > > Salut, > Sinner > > IMHO, a home user would have one major DE, KDE or Gnome or other. I think it is unlikely to change it (maybe once in 10 years). The key in appearance is to have a nice aspect in each DE rather be the same look in Gnome or KDE or other. I guess that each environment will fit some user's taste in its native look. The Drake tools must be cross DE and consistent. Mac OS is an unix derivative. I love their look and ergonomy. They have a serious team of ergonomists and designers. This is what a Linux distro needs to be successful. i.e. Mageia. The IMHO, Apple products are too expensive, a regular PC at the same performance and of a acceptable quality offers the same for a half of the price. And you could renew it faster for the same money. Their apps are brilliant from usability point of view and very good looking. They focus on a very limited hardware in variety. This is their advantage. Their hardware is also the best in quality (this is why they cost so much also). I prefer open source though.
