Re: [Usability] Okay - Usability Problems

[Steeve McCauley <steeve oneguycoding com>]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 11:31:34AM -0600, Kevin Carlson wrote:
> Two things - one - does bread usually go in the refrigerator???

yes, it keeps longer :)

> 
> Two - I can see the function we're discussing being of use. For example, I
> will sometimes need to go in and look at my digital pictures on, say, a
> memory card. At least on my camera, they are saved as something like
> "101-kakv-0015" or whatever. If I am trying to open one of them, I would
> like to be able to figure out what it is that I'm opening. The ability to
> right-click and select "preview image" would be really nice. Some programs
> have that function (i.e. GIMP has it), while others don't (i.e. a word
> processor or similar).
> 
> I can't imagine any reason why you would need to change permissions from an
> Open/Save dialog. You would probably be able to read the file in most cases
> already, and most of the files you would interact with are probably already
> writable, although it is entirely possible that you might run into some that
> aren't.

Because it's there, it's as simple as that.

> Hopefully some of that made sense to someone.

Ditto.

> 
> - Kevin Carlson
> 
> On 9/21/07, Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Steeve McCauley wrote:
> >
> > > I'm sorry, but from a usability point of view, this is not a good
> > > example of usability, especially for functionality that is inherent in
> > > the api.
> >
> > Efficiency can be a part of usability but it is not the only factor,
> > there are trade offs, and although it is important the primary
> > concern is too keep things simple and easy to use in the base case.
> >
> > Perhaps some of the flexibility you desire can be provided without getting
> > in the way or creating choices to confuse ordinary users but you should
> > not make assertions like "this is an example of bad usability" only
> > because it doesn't fit your specific use case.
> >
> > To put it as politely as I can.  No one is claiming the file chooser is
> > perfect but unfounded assumptions are very unhelpful.  A more measured and
> > moderate tone is also more likely to make people want to help you and see
> > if your needs can also be accomdated and that is what you really want
> > isn't it?
> >
> > --
> > Alan
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