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It's not a bad looking design, but it is a somewhat strange attempt to bring an iOS-specific UI element to a desktop application.
by jarin 16y ago
It's not a bad looking design, but it is a somewhat strange attempt to bring an iOS-specific UI element to a desktop application.
- danilocampos 16y agoNot just strange – incorrect. iOS UI vocabulary is designed for touching. You have a big meatstick you can freely move around and squash against whatever interests you. This does not apply to the desktop. On the desktop, you have a plastic puck you need to shove around a surface, which moves a pointer to a designated area. At the most advanced, you're massaging a glass tile, for the same effect. By merit of these facts, the interface must work differently. It's a lazy design, by someone who couldn't be bothered to learn the correct UI paradigms for a desktop app. It doesn't make them a bad person, it doesn't mean they caused any grievous offense, it simply means they made a bad design. This isn't subjective.