Dear xTalkers, It has become obvious over the last year or so that the 2 lists (MC & RR) attract 2 types of message: one tyoe dealing with the complexities of xTalk, and another type dealing with ease (or not) of use.
As you will by now be aware, I am particularly interested in usability - specifically for non-computer types, and to that end made rather over-the-top tool bars for both RR & MC, and then went to one particular extreme with my thesis. I do believe that far too little attention is paid to the end-user experience and wonder if now is not the time to start a use-list specifically dedicated to this - and keep the current - MC and RR lists for xTalk related matters only. The nature of RR/MC readily lends itself to the rapid development of a wide variety of user interfaces - and, owing to the cross-platform nature of RR/MC, is, to my mind, one of the better RADs for UI development and experimentation. The apparent level of complacency about the de facto GUI standard effectively serves to exclude a large number of people who will shortly come to constitute an underclass in our digital society. Therefore it behooves socially concerned programmers to give this matter quite a bit of thought - and try to do something to provide viable and robust alternatives. Richmond Mathewson __________________________________________________ See Mathewson's software at: http://members.maclaunch.com/richmond/default.html _______________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------- The Think Different Store http://www.thinkdifferentstore.com/ For All Your Mac Gear --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
