[openbeos] Re: Data or App Centric?
- From: "Rob Tijssen" <rob.tijssen@xxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 00:05:35 +0100
Same story here, but I think most of alle of the problems mentioned above
can be addressed by making some good documentation and a good help system
with information at the level of "Haiku for Dummies ..." wich would be a
great start, and maybe it should be meda possible to set the level of
comprehension in the help system to get the information you search for, as
in beginner, novice, expert or somethng like this?!?!?
So produce good written docs (a la BeBook) and an even better (customizable
to the experience for the user) help system
With clear explanation of the different choices and technologies.
And keep it data-centric!!! (Microsoft is doing that after many years of
study so we have an advantage :o))
Greets, Rob
And to even help the apps-centric people happy, describe how to acoplish
things to do from a apps-centric view ... so even more people are served
with this approach, I think humbly ;-)
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Namens Ronald Vos
Verzonden: zondag 20 februari 2005 21:25
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Onderwerp: [openbeos] Re: Data or App Centric?
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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