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Can't help but think is is an engineers mindset here (remember forms UIs with 50 gray buttons?). UIs were usable but not appealing. Older linux window manager
by platz 13y ago
Can't help but think is is an engineers mindset here (remember forms UIs with 50 gray buttons?). UIs were usable but not appealing. Older linux window managers. Designers making things look appealing brings computing to more people (not just pros) than otherwise.
- DanBC 13y agoAppealing is good. Usable is more important. Appealing and usable is great. Appealing but baffling and broken is stupid. Most people do not want nor need fancy weird functionality. They just want the maps, or maybe the directions.
- mgkimsal 13y agoExcept... what they had was appealing enough to people to use. It's unappealing enough now that people don't want to use it (even jumping to bing). Many people will continue to use it because of system defaults and such, but many will look for more usable alternatives. Usability is 'appealing' just as much as visual button styling, maybe moreso.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 13y ago" Older linux window managers" You remember that horrible WM everybody seemed to be running 10-15 years ago, 'enlightenment'? Completely unusable but it looked cool with all the shapes and transparencies and etc.