[Fwd: Re: [Nautilus-list] Constructive Criticism Revisted]

[James Mitchell Allmond <gte203h prism gatech edu>]

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• From: James Mitchell Allmond <gte203h prism gatech edu>
• To: Dan Berger <dberger ix netcom com>
• Subject: Re: [Nautilus-list] Constructive Criticism Revisted
• Date: 27 Jan 2002 23:10:27 -0500

On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 22:51, Dan Berger wrote:
> Having not followed this thread terribly closely (ok, so I haven't
> really followed it at all) I did want to chime in with a comment:
> 
> The UI shot you attached looked very cool - and very intuative - just
> by inspection I had a fairly solid idea of how objects would behave if
> dropped on the Places icons.
> 



I'd have to argue that they'd notice the movement of the "Home" icon
within 2 or less seconds and would have then overcome any obstacles to
such a change in all future instances. 

> I disagree slightly, however, with removing the "Home" navigation
> button - it's a pattern that users have been trained to understand
> (that's not to say it's a good pattern, just that it's becoming
> pervasive).  One could argue that you didn't remove it, just move it
> to places.
> 




I've never used Next. I've also never used windows other than on friends
computers and such. I've not run windows on my personal computer for day
to day use. While my UI is obviously a result of my past experiences, I
do not consciously believe to have specifically picked any feature from
any pre-existing OS or application. I constructed it only with how I
view a 2d model should represent a physical set of hardware and perform
given tasks. You got to make that physical connection for it to be
intuitive. Since I'm a physicist, I'll give a example in terms of math.
If I set up a abstract language involving math of curls, divergences,
etc... it will make zero sense. Sure, you may learn or memorize how to
do it but it will have no meaning. If I then show you a pictorial
example or give a physical demonstration of what curl and divergence
models in reality, it makes perfect sense. The same thing goes with
quaternions or vectors. Models that represent reality is the important
thing. Why? Because it's the one thing that we all mutually experience. 

> My second comment is that it starts to remind me a bit of NeXT Step
> (not a bad thing at all, just an observation).
> 
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 08:26:03PM -0500, James Mitchell Allmond wrote:
> > 
> > Any comments on the UI I've presented?
> 
> 
> -- 
>    Dan Berger [dberger ix netcom com]
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