Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] I want my users advice

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 01:14:27AM +0100, Christian Rose wrote:
> 
> Please see my response to OverrideX.
> Also, if Damien's proposal of replacing the connect/disconnect buttons
> with a single one (that changes depending on the state) is implemented,
> and the Preferences toolbar button is removed, only one additional
> button would need to be added to the main toolbar.
> 

2 buttons.
Well, I don't want to remove the preferences button (see why above : changing
options during calls needs a direct access).
And the other problem is the empty space around the video window...

> 
> > I think a lot of people 
> > get carried away with "ease of use" I doubt very much any one would have 
> > called a model-T-ford easy to use...
> 
> Are you familiar with cognitive science? Any interface that you
> (unnecessarily) have to think about before using (or even worse have to
> learn or re-learn) is a bad interface if it could have been made so that
> you could just automatically use your past experience without thinking
> about it.
> 
> 
> > and even today people have to learn for months to drive a car...
> 
> What is your point? That because some things are hard to learn (how to
> write, algebra, and driving a car), all things should be hard to learn
> and require lots of adaption and re-learning?
> 
> 
> > what is this obsession with everyone to make computers so dumb
> 
> Computers don't get dumber. And this has absolutely nothing to do with
> "dumbing down". But if a horisontal toolbar instead of a vertical one
> actually makes you feel dumber, I disgress.
> 
> 
> > perhaps we should concentrate on making users 
> > smarter...has anyone ever thought of that?
> 
> Yes. The science about making things smarter (as in adapting them to how
> we humans think, react, interact, and learn) is called "Usability".
> 
> 
> Christian
> 
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