Ease of use (was Call for constructive user criticism.)

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

I think a solution would be to use 2 skins for each program. A simple skin
and a complex one. There can be an option in gnomecc to set the user into
guru mode. LibGlade can help do this. The user would have a simple
noncomplex "toaster like" program if they aren't in guru mode, and us guru's
get all the advanced features.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Preben Randhol [mailto:randhol@pvv.org]
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 9:19 AM
> To: gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject: Re: Call for constructive user criticism.
> 
> 
> Miguel de Icaza <miguel@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> | Hello guys, 
> | 
> |    So there I was, watching Animal Planet with a special issue on
> | Bonobos.  Interesting documentary, and it ocurred to me:  How can we
> | make GNOME so simple that even a Bonobo could use it?
> 
> No. Or in other words what you would end up with would be of no use to
> anyone except perhaps the bonobo. Actually pigs are/can be "smarter"
> than chimpanzees.
> 
> Other than that, I think the user interface can be improved for the
> average user, but it should not compromise the usability for
> the "advanced" user.
> 
> One big improvement that can be fixed is: 
> 
> o  Include a help button in all complex dialogs 
>    (those more complex then OK dialogs at least) 
>    and have it pointed to a easy to understand help page. 
> 
> o  Also include help in the Help Menu which points to  
>    non-techy documentation of the program and not just About.
>    
> It would be nice if this could be a required item in the GUI Spec (one
> could say that in order to reach version 1.0 for a program it needs
> good documentation.)
> 
> 
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