Alejandro Tejada a *crit :
> > I expect to see a more user customizable interface > in the future. Well, I'm not sure... depends on what you mean by "customizable"... I'm afraid that too many degrees of freedom in customisation might lead to totally non-consistent interfaces. Just consider the incredible number of ugly webpages on the net, the incredible number of non-consistent (often impossible to use) interfaces in websites and online flash movies... The problem with interface design is the same as with desktop publishing : in the late 80's there was a widespread illusion that anyone with a Mac and PageMaker could become a layout designer. And finally it became obvious that only those with real & professional artistic skills would survive. Mac & PageMaker were only tools. It's the same with interface design : the (apparent) ease of use of HTML and Flash has lead to great productions, but also (IMHO) 100 times more crap. The birth of the Mac interface in the mid 80's had lead to some very strong & efficient interface design set of rules, (for instance having a File menu and an Edit menu with more or less the same items in each app) that was indeed a very good thing after years of anarchy in the Windows environment. But the widespread use of HTML and the many other development tools have started to dilute those rules (many newbies aren't even aware of them). You have no idea what I've been asked to do by clients with no computer interface culture... It's sometimes hard to resist... Well, as long as end users only design crap interface for their own IDE, it's not a too big problem (although it might affect their productivity by several orders of magnitude)... But their choices might extend to apps for clients, or stuff they put online for others to download... I have the feeling that switchable (on/off) parts of the interface (palettes, etc) might be a better option... AFAIR this option of switchable options has been already discussed last summer on the MC list... JB _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
