On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 05 May 2009 08:24 -0500, "Stephen Russell" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> They don't understand why we need to be locked to a table when we >> think of interacting with a computer. >> >> Only in the past 2 years iPhone and devices like it have been the >> rage. In Asia it is the norm. > > Fine for browsing and email, but nobody's ever going to be doing any > serious computer work (design, layout, development, whatever) on a > hand-held device with a tiny screen IMO. > -- ------------------------
So your beef is that the GUI of today will only work on the bigger display? I have only heard good things of the apps on the iPhone in terms of the idea was very simple and it did it. So I think that as designers and developers we have to rethink the real estate of our GUIs for new use in newer devices to alleviate your issue. To quote a freind, "Less is More" Les is his name :) -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Web and Windows Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

