Jolt Award

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Hey Pete. Obviously you're right. I remember how much I hated System 8.0 when it first came out. It's the "old dog/new tricks" thing again. Wait until my book "Death is a Myth©" comes out. Will people continue to die once they understand that they don't have to? Please no response to this on the list.

Joe Wilkins

On Jan 19, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Pete wrote:

> I don't disagree with you, just saying that there are users out there who,
> consciously or unconsciously, judge part of the quality of an app by the
> "state-of-the-art-ness" of its ui.
> 
> Apple and Microsoft will continue to evolve their user interface whether we
> like it or not.  A prime example of that is the new scrollbar look in Lion.
> Personally, I prefer the old look but as time goes by, people will expect
> their apps to use the new scrollbar.
> 
> Pete
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins <pepetoo at cox.net> wrote:
> 
>> Speaking from the perspective of someone who likes to get work done: I
>> feel that too many innovations in the user interface can be a major
>> turn-off. My favorite CAD program uses many of the same tools that were a
>> part of the original MacDraw program; greatly enhanced and more powerful,
>> but much the same. So I get work done without learning a bunch of new stuff
>> all the time.
>> 
>> Hey there are lots of people out there like me and familiarity is a strong
>> factor in "acceptance". When I first became enchanted with the Mac it was
>> largely because all of the apps that came out were similar enough so that I
>> already knew how to use 90% of a new one. Even LC, has adhered to this
>> approach (mostly). When it doesn't is when I start disliking it. I've begun
>> to "dislike" a lot of things in many apps. Even LC. Give me a break. I'm
>> pushing 80. (smile)
>> 
>> IMHO,
>> 
>> Joe Wilkins
>> Architect and sometimes programmer
>> 
>> On Jan 19, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Pete wrote:
>> 
>>> I agree. Speaking from the perspective of a Mac user, it's impossible to
>>> build an app whose ui doesn't look dated.
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Mark Wieder <mwieder at ahsoftware.net>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Native widgets would be nice on the desktop, too, but I'm not holding
>>>> my breath.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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