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"Media Center is big and, when people say ‘hey, we could optimise more for clients’ I think what they generally mean is ‘Big Buttons’. Big Buttons that’s, I th
by stuhacking 16y ago
"Media Center is big and, when people say ‘hey, we could optimise more for clients’ I think what they generally mean is ‘Big Buttons’. Big Buttons that’s, I think, a codeword for Big Buttons and Media Center is Big Buttons not Little Buttons."
So wait... Will there be Big Buttons?
Aside from that, it feels like He's focusing on this one area of UX design. I hope this doesn't forecast an imbalance in the experience of the finished product.
It reminds me a little of Web 2.0:
"Web 2.0 is shiny and rounded, and when people say `shiny and rounded' they really mean `shiny and rounded buttons.'"
- regularfry 16y agoI think he's using "big buttons" as a shortcut for the difference between highly rich, detailed interfaces which present many options all at once, and more "simplified", more intuitive interfaces which present fewer options, but where more work has been done to ensure they're the options you really, really need. At least, I hope he is. This is Ballmer, after all.