[openbeos] Re: Data or App Centric?
- From: Ronald Vos <egregius@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 21:25:28 +0100
Userfriendlyness comes down to intuitiveness and discoverability in
the short run, and efficiency in the long run.
Let's not forget that userfriendlyness-wise, Windows is pretty darn
bad. The helpfull hints stop being given the moment you need them
most.
"Ask your network administrator for ..."
I *AM* the network administrator! *grmbl*
And how do you switch back certain settings? Why did this suddenly
stop working? (A: accumulation of 'apps') Why can't I access my
network-folder yet?
And in the long run Windows is pretty tiring, because app-centric
isn't really the best way to go about managing your data (such as
emails, contacts, docs).
Ronald Vos
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:50:35 +0100 CET, Mikael Jansson (mailing lists)
<lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cian Duffy <myob87@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > I think they way BeOS works now is in fact better in the long run.
> > Forcing a slight learning curve will keep absolute idiots from
> > clogging up the forums for all eternity with dumb questions ("Hay, I
> > can't get on the net. Fix it for me!!", etc), but will leave the
> > system usuable for nearly everyone else
> >
> While I understand what you mean, this interferes with our goal to take
> over the world. Thus, we need to address the problem at hand - in fact,
> doing this correctly will probably make questions like these
> unneccessary!
>
> --
> Mikael Jansson
> http://mikael.jansson.be
>
>
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