[openbeos] Re: Patch: Prettifying the default decorator
- From: "Curtis Wanner" <katisu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:37:05 -0500
Thom wrote:
>A decision in GUI design can NOT be taken without considering its
>implications on the UI design side, and vice versa.
I believe this is a faulty statement. If anything a good UI Design drives
or serves as a base of the graphic design and it definitely shouldn't be
vice versa. Your blinking menu item example leads me to several UI design
questions:
Why is this really needed? Is there a better way to achieving its
purpose? Are they assuming the user is too stupid to realize what they
selected? Isn't that quite insulting? How often does a user even pay
attention to the blinking? What kind of delay does it have and how does it
interrupt the flow of the user's tasks?
From a graphic design point of view, it is an effective way to notify a user
of what they selected and is a neat effect. I don't think this makes it a
good UI design though. If anything, it sounds like a legacy UI feature they
were forced to keep.
Sorry if I'm continuing to add to a "charged" debate, but I feel this is an
important topic for the community to understand. One of the advantages that
Haiku is being promoted on is its User Interface. As a result, solid
reasons for UI design decisions are needed. Especially if you wish to
market it to a larger audience. "So easy that your mom could use it" was a
mantra I've already heard.
Now I'm starting to sound like marketing. Yikes! :-)
Curtis
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