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Too interactive? That's like saying a type of food is too healthy. Pointing is essentially random access. It's the difference between RAM and cassette tapes.

by tmuir 12y ago

Too interactive? That's like saying a type of food is too healthy. Pointing is essentially random access. It's the difference between RAM and cassette tapes. Why punish me for having lots of content? It is _completely_ about how many steps it takes.

JoeAltmaier 12y ago
Sure you can be too interactive. Consider paying by card, sliding the card thru the machine, then it prompts. 1 prompt, ok. 2, hm, 3 or more - get out of my face! It can go the other way too. UI is there to get out of your way. Lesser clicks is ok; but not at the expense of too many option, because I have to think about options. Like the gas pump that asks if I want a car wash. Wha? How did car washes get into the conversation?
freehunter 12y ago
For certain definitions of healthy, food can certainly be too healthy. You wouldn't want to live off celery and iceberg lettuce, even though they are low fat, low carb, and high in fiber. Likewise, things can be too interactive. No one seriously looks at a car and says "if only I could turn my front wheels a complete 360 degrees." It's only safe to turn them a few degrees in each direction most of them time. Sure that might mean you need to put the car in reverse and try again, but at least you don't need to worry about getting yourself into unexpected situations like starting off with your wheels pointed straight (but straight behind you). However, I have seen some specialty vehicles (like some trucks, semi trucks, and forklifts) where these rules don't apply or only weakly apply. I'm happy you have the options you want. I also have the options I want. I don't want a mouse to navigate my media player, and I can't agree that the mouse is the best option for that use. A mouse is great for navigating a web page where the links are scattered everywhere or through a document where you might need to click at any point to begin editing, but for structured lists, even on a computer, I navigate with the arrow keys (and occasionally pgup/pgdn/home/endm giving me an 8-way d-pad). My list is straight up and down and straight side to side, I don't need to go 10 degrees up and to the right. I use an iPhone and iPad because I don't want to dick around with file structure and patching and rooting and rom'ing. I use a Roku because I don't want to organize my own content and make my own media player. I get enough of all of that when I'm working.

by tmuir 12y ago

JoeAltmaier 12y ago

Sure you can be too interactive. Consider paying by card, sliding the card thru the machine, then it prompts. 1 prompt, ok. 2, hm, 3 or more - get out of my face! It can go the other way too. UI is there to get out of your way. Lesser clicks is ok; but not at the expense of too many option, because I have to think about options. Like the gas pump that asks if I want a car wash. Wha? How did car washes get into the conversation?

freehunter 12y ago

For certain definitions of healthy, food can certainly be too healthy. You wouldn't want to live off celery and iceberg lettuce, even though they are low fat, low carb, and high in fiber. Likewise, things can be too interactive. No one seriously looks at a car and says "if only I could turn my front wheels a complete 360 degrees." It's only safe to turn them a few degrees in each direction most of them time. Sure that might mean you need to put the car in reverse and try again, but at least you don't need to worry about getting yourself into unexpected situations like starting off with your wheels pointed straight (but straight behind you). However, I have seen some specialty vehicles (like some trucks, semi trucks, and forklifts) where these rules don't apply or only weakly apply. I'm happy you have the options you want. I also have the options I want. I don't want a mouse to navigate my media player, and I can't agree that the mouse is the best option for that use. A mouse is great for navigating a web page where the links are scattered everywhere or through a document where you might need to click at any point to begin editing, but for structured lists, even on a computer, I navigate with the arrow keys (and occasionally pgup/pgdn/home/endm giving me an 8-way d-pad). My list is straight up and down and straight side to side, I don't need to go 10 degrees up and to the right. I use an iPhone and iPad because I don't want to dick around with file structure and patching and rooting and rom'ing. I use a Roku because I don't want to organize my own content and make my own media player. I get enough of all of that when I'm working.