On 1/31/06, Evandro Fernandes Giovanini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe I shouldn't have used the word "wrong", but it certainly has > problems.
Everything has problems "highness, anyone who tells you different is lying or selling something" > My biggest gripe with some toolbar buttons is that they can actually > makes it harder to use the desktop, even if it is easier to get to using > the mouse. You're now throwing accusations like "harder to use" without any backup. Remember: Less efficient does not mean harder to use. > > > Sounds interesting. However, let me give an example: Internet Explorer > > > has a "Go" button next to the URL bar. It turns out some people will > > > actually move their hands to the mouse after typing an URL, then point > > > and click at the button (instead of just hitting 'Enter'). You could say > > > the "Go" button makes people less productive, but in better words it > > > just makes their computer experience worse and more tiring. The problem > > > is that grandmas don't realize that, and they'll do what the interface > > > is leading them to do. > > > > The thing you're missing about this is that the Go button was actually > > a solution to a specific problem: People often typed the url in > > without pressing the enter key and sat waiting for something to > > happen. > > > > For those people, adding the Go button made their computer experience > > infinitely better, finally their fancy whizzbang program did > > something. > > > > The solution they found for the problem was a bad one, because it > affected some people in a negative way. People that would otherwise not > be confused. It affected other people in a positive way. > Making computers easy for people with zero computer experience and zero > interest in computers is a very good goal to have because it will lead > to better design decisions that benefit *everyone* This goal sounds very very very similar to the goal Microsoft had when they added the evil Go button do you not think? iain _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
