26 Jun
2004
26 Jun
'04
6:50 a.m.
On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 23:15, Pete Bessman wrote:
At Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:00:42 +0200,
Fons Adriaensen wrote:
Dave Griffiths said something above about "hiding functionality for
the users to find." That, to, is just wrong. This isn't a videogame
or Where's Waldo.
heh heh, funnily enough - I am writing a video game-music app:
http://www.pawfal.org/index.php/AutumnPage
Having worked professionally on related things, I just can't stand the
"I HAVE to understand everything about an interface in 5 SECONDS!"
attitude to gui design. People can learn things, it's part of playing
music on real instruments - why can't it be part of playing computer
instruments?
I have a very simple request for everybody who
loathes
"plug-and-drool" usability: show me the tunes. That's all.
amen to that.
cheers,
dave