Thank you for this feedback Raff! On Dec 9, 2008, at 11:46 AM, Raff wrote:
> > Hi to everyone : this is my first message. > I hope my English is not too bad, because I’m french. > > I must say I love MoneyWell, which changed a lot my conception of > budgets, but I have to come here to say that I’m disappointed by the > new icons. It is not a question of taste or feel, but something > related to ergonomics : the previous icons had a lot of contrast, > alone and one with the other. I mean that the eye could find them > easily, without watching the screen or searching for them. With the > new icons, it is really difficult to distinguish one from the other, > because they are too much the same in colors and graphics. > > Precisely, an icon has to be as easy to read as a road sign. If they > are charged with symbols and drawings, we cannot find at a glance the > essential information. The preceding icons had this quality, and the > color allowed the eye to go directly to the good icon. > > One example: the big «+» for a new operation was easy to see. In the > new icon, it is a very little «+» that we see third, after the card > and the pen. So that: > 1) it is difficult to find it immediately, but if you look at the > majority of the Mac applications, there is a very simple «+» that we > find instantaneously for most current operations like this > 2) I still have to search for it, although I already saw it, and > although I’m used to this software for months > 3) the images used to compare well and money, and the preceding signs > have been transformed in this new version, so that there is a gap > between the two version, and we have to learn again the icons > 4) the green of the + is not far from the grey of all these icons, so > that we barely see it > 5) I disagree about the new symbolism, which is not clear for me, as I > explain it below : > > - for this new operation, writing a letter or on a card (?) is not > associated for me to a new bank operation… (but what is this blank > card?) > - scales (Reconciling) is linked to the balance of the budget, not to > the reconcile operation, which is simply checking operations with the > bank report (to check : here is the idea! the check mark was really > perfect) > - for «Import», we import operations, not money flows. > - for «Download», a safe is related to an old-fashioned way of keeping > money at home, not to the modern download of virtualized operations… > A good icon should be obvious, not original... > > Well, I’m really sorry to criticize so much these new icons, but they > seem to be an obstacle to the easy use of this software : if an old > user is lost, what about new users? > In fact, simple and transparent icons, with significant and bright > colors would make it really better again, and I’m sure that it would > be more commercial, in a good meaning here. > > I hope you will take some time to consider what I tried to explain, > and that it may bring something useful to MoneyWell. > > Raff > > > Peace, Kevin Hoctor [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Thirst Software LLC http://nothirst.com http://kevinhoctor.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" 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/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
