lol... Nice Sven!

On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Christoph Muetze <[email protected]>wrote:

>  ..don't forget the texture editor.. icon hell :)
>
>
> On 15/03/14 21:25, Arvid Björn wrote:
>
> 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
>>
>

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