Re: The future direction of the Nautilus UI)
- From: George Farris <george gmsys com>
- To: nautilus-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: The future direction of the Nautilus UI)
- Date: 04 Sep 2002 20:08:31 -0700
I'm sorry but I disagree. Each persons brain works in a certain way and
it doesn't matter whether they are a home/office user or a hacker.
Those of type A will understand the Nav model quite nicely and those of
type B will understand the OO model.
Certainly given that the web is a Nav model many type B people will also
clue into the Nav model.
On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 14:50, bordoley msu edu wrote:
> One last thing and I'll quick babiling on this.
>
> I think the single most important question we need to ask when making this
> decision is "Who is our intended user base?" Without answering this I think
> it is next to impossible to make a decision on this issue.
>
> Hackers:
> For hackers the browser ui is more than satisfactory since they are familiar
> with the unix directory hierarchy. However hackers could probably be just as
> satisfied with MC or even the shell.
>
> Home and Office Users (non-technical):
> This is the group where a OO design would probably be the most beneficial.
> This group of users has minimal computer skills/background, and is most
> likely not interested in understanding the internals of the computer, they
> just want to get their work done as easily as possible.
>
> dave
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George Farris - VE7FRG
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