Universal GUI

Ray G. Miller rgmiller at pacbell.net
Mon Jul 28 15:30:00 EDT 2003


From: Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
> 
> For example, Photoshop (and sadly, most other programs since) have decided
> that having every possible feature in front of the user is a good thing, but
> the resulting migration from to dialogs to palettes has not reduced the
> number of steps needed to perform most tasks, in some cases making tasks
> harder because of the smaller target area of palette controls and the lack
> of a universal way to shift keyboard focus from the document window to a
> palette.  Moreover, reliance on palettes often results in a lot of visual
> noise and consumes precious screen real estate that distracts from the
> user's document.


Good illustration, Richard.

Photoshop, Illustrator and Pagemaker, to a lesser extent, are "evolving" 
into mind-numbing tools: where-the-hell-are-they-hiding-it-now!

I think Photoshop 3.0 was their best design to date.

Ray G. Miller
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