Thanks for posting this. I'm working on a new product design and am constantly struggling with the question of how many controls to keep visible at all times an

Thanks for posting this. I'm working on a new product design and am constantly struggling with the question of how many controls to keep visible at all times and how many to hide behind clicks. There is a difficult tradeoff between functionality and keeping the UI simple. I've been erring on the side of hiding (and if possible eliminating) less used controls. And this comparison pushes me more in that direction. I find it quite funny that the author "concludes" that iPhoto looks more cluttered than the Microsoft design, especially with the last screenshots on the last page[1]! In iPhoto, you can clearly see the image you are editing, whereas in Photo Gallery, the hovering menu is hiding part of the image. Ironically, he spent the rest of the article criticising iPhoto's dropdown menu controls in favour of Microsoft's convenient ribbon layout. [1] http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/apple-vs-microsoft-which-user-interface-do-you-prefer/3887?pg=5&tag=content;siu-container http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/apple-vs-microsoft-which-user...