Miss C, as someone who's complained bitterly about the Viewer 2 UI, i wanna say that i *like* change. It just has to mean something. It has to make things better, not just different. My opinion has been that the Viewer 2 UI seems to be trying to fix a lot of stuff that wasn't broken. i think what i'm criticizing is called "gratuitous change."
The added & improved functionality in Viewer 2 is awesome! Everybody who worked on that should feel real happy with themselves! It's the using of the functionality that's the problem. It's not even stuff that skins are for. Maybe people like shiny buttons, or 3D ones, or whatever kinda color schemes. Maybe even rearranged toolbars & whatever. The problem is pointless changes in the way a user has to do the same things, things that were easy that are now more complicated (or impossible!) without any perceivable reason for them being that way, and drastic presentation changes that alter the way a person feels about using the interface. The UI isn't like looking in the closet in the morning to decide what to wear, and matching earring & necklace selection to mood. It's more like where everything is in the kitchen, whether you can cook yourself an egg sandwich for breakfast or have to eat some of McD's cardboard - or go hungry until dinner, and whether you ride the bus or your bike to work. (Especially if it's raining!) My biggest complaint has been that Viewer 2 UI's biggest change is making SL less "real." For me, that's the way wrong direction! Instead of browserfication of the controls and experience, i'd like to see things moving more in the direction of controls and displays like enhanced reality. i think browserfication is going backwards. i think others agree? Sorry if this msg was too long and sorta off-topic. i'll go back to lurking now. Thx! - AK The point is people do not like change. I love the new UI and to assist people with making that change I have been working today on making the UI look similar to the old one. Such a coincidence this was brought up. Its going to be the same color scheme with a few shiny upgrades to make it look more state of the art. See link... http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/5012955294_3f0d0de19b_b.jpg Miss _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
