Exactly right, about the only thing I ever have to point with my fingers at is the script button, and that's usually not the first button they need anyway =)
On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 8:09 PM, Sven Constable <[email protected]>wrote: > It's funny. There always seemed to be two kind of people. The ones that > prefer text buttons and the ones that prefer icon style. Of course all > softimagers prefer text :) It's just so much clearer what a certain > function does. It's also much more efficient and faster when you teach > people: > > "click on path... then click on set path". > "ahh! nice, thank you!" > (student learned a new thing in a second) > > I would have gone crazy if I had to tell them instead: > "click on the button that looks like an uhm... elephant with the... red > quare in it" > ... > "What button, you mean the red ant inside a triangle?" > "No. The button below the green thingy next to the uhm... the... the... > blue > dotted triangle!" > .... > "you mean the button with that uhm... blu turtle? > "No. the button here"! (touching the screen/ grabbing the mouse) > "This button right here!" > "but that doesn't look like an elephant!" > > :) > > sven > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christoph > Muetze > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 7:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: YOUR TOP 5 > > Here is my top 5: > > 1) workflow speed & efficiency > 2) ability to overcome most problems without scripting or plugins > 3) non destructive workflow: there are almost no "point of no returns" > in Softimage > 4) text based buttons (huge plus if you suffer from certain forms of visual > agnosia) > 5) ICE > > Cheers! > Chris > >
