On 17 Jul 2008, at 20:37, C. Scott Ananian wrote: > $0.01: we shouldn't feel like shipping unsugarized apps is a failure: > better an working app w/ crappy UI than no working app at all!
Sorry to disagree Scott. I'm not so sure... One 'crappy' UI or weak security riddled activity, leads to a dozen more, and then suddenly no one bothers and it's just a rush to slam in every random feature under the sun – I see a bunch of deviants creeping in and drifting from the Sugar spec already (won't mention names). I understand many hard core developers don't have much interest UI wise, that they think it just visual 'fluff' around their efficient set of classes (I blame badly taught CS classes and different personality types), but UI has a very large impact on user experience, and it is a good chunk of the reason that most *nix desktops have taken __SO__ damn long to get to mainstream (and perhaps why Apple are riding such a good wave just now). As they say, one rotten apple can put you off the rest of the basket. --Gary _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
