Thanks for the response Grant. Ok, so that's a bit clearer. It's something you want to use rather than something you're using at the moment.
Regarding MLO complexity; you raise some interesting questions. Software used to sell predominately on feature sets. We've all seen those comparison tables "our software has got 36 functions whereas our competition has 25 or fewer". Quantity over quality. I think these days things have changed and people are looking much more for good design, useability, fitness for purpose etc. You can see a clear trend, for example, in the proliferation of distraction free text editors, the minimalist nature of Google Chrome and Web 2.0 apps in general. My point is that MLO is becoming a more mature product and has an ever growing feature set (what developer ever took features out - often they should). With that maturity, and with current user expecations, more emphasis needs to put on the UI and design in general. If not, then the "overly complex" tag will be hard to shake off and it will become difficult to attract new users. So I think it's more how the functionality is presented to the user than there being too much of it. As Lisa said it's still a very agile program. I'm sure the stuff about MLO developers getting rich at our expense was tongue in cheek. There have to be easier ways of making money! PS You mentioned Microsoft and I saw a fascinating video the other day about how they developed the Ribbon for Office which relates to streamlining massive functionality in the UI. Even if you haven't got a lot of time for Microsoft I think the process they went through was really interesting. Here's the link http://videos.visitmix.com/MIX08/UX09 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
