*I* have to smile at HP releasing Slate with either Android or Windows8 on it.
(disclaimer, yes, I work for HP, and this isn't an official HP opinion, but a personal one) Mike On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > It’s Greek to me J - but was Scott subconsciously associating designs > (skeumorphs) with stock keeping units (SKUs)?**** > > But aren’t all Apple designs perfect? I have to smile at the grudging > praise of Microsoft Surface (the hardware) by the Apple fanbois. **** > ------------------------------ > > **Ian Thomas** > Victoria Park, ****Western Australia******** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *mike smith > *Sent:* Friday, June 21, 2013 9:33 AM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: VS2012 hacks**** > > ** ** > > Nice quote. Google says it's *skeuomorphism *though. (what kind of > language puts euo in that order???)**** > > ** ** > > Mike**** > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > iOS7 is what happeneded the night of Steve Jobs funeral as they all sat in > a bar listening to Whitesnake (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJk0HW_hJw) > doing lines of cocaine and suddenly reliving your 80's and after then > upgrading your digital skuemorphism to the next circle of design hell ... > 80's iOS ..it's the mullet Steve would have wanted.**** > > > **** > > --- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > http://www.riagenic.com**** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 12:29 PM, mike smith <[email protected]> wrote:** > ** > > I don't get Apple design. How could the designers of OSX have come up > with a dog like iOS?**** > > ** ** > > Mike**** > > ** ** > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > VS2012 design could have been worse.. Apple could have designed it :)**** > > ** ** > > http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/780667831.jpg?1371031013 > **** > > ** ** > > > **** > > --- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > http://www.riagenic.com**** > > ** ** > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Greg, Greg – I put it down to the UIX guru / fiend that obviously exerted > great influence over the PMs and higher-ups in Microsoft. **** > > I can’t stand Office 2013 – I appreciate some features, but find some of > the behaviours and the UI itself just counter-productive (ie, anti my > productivity). I don’t think I am resistant to change. I removed it, in > favour of Office 2010 (incidentally, I never used Office2007 and took to > the ribbon OK). **** > > There is another VS2012 hack that I omitted – NiceVS. It overlaps with one > of the other hacks that I listed. **** > > NiceVS**** > > > http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/a36021f0-770a-4258-854e-724e9d12b8a6 > **** > > I hate to have to do these things. **** > ------------------------------ > > Ian Thomas > Victoria Park, Western Australia**** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Saturday, June 15, 2013 9:30 AM**** > > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: VS2012 hacks**** > > **** > > Ian (et al), I have also taken a lot of steps recently to restore > old colours and behaviour to recent Microsoft product releases. I don't > normally do that. We all expect complaints when new versions of products > are released, but in my experience the noise quickly drops away and people > just accept the changes and run with them. However, the amount of stubborn > resistance recently has been quite startling. Why is this happening?**** > > **** > > Microsoft is dragging us all along with it on some sort of global style > change where there is less chrome, fewer borders, less saturated colour, > fewer lines, etc. Now I can honestly understand this because the eye and > brain work better with less clutter, but it all seems to have gone too far > (remember the first preview of Visual Studio 2012 that looked like a > charcoal etching?). Is there some department or research within Microsoft > that is driving this trend? Do they explain their reasoning? Where did they > recruit the drugged gibbons they put through the usability testing?**** > > **** > > And then there's Windows 8 ...**** > > **** > > Greg**** > > ** ** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > Meski**** > > http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv**** > > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills**** > > ** ** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > Meski**** > > http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv**** > > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills**** > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
