LC8DP15 feedback-IDE Issues

[Mark Waddingham]

On 2016-03-02 16:44, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Mark Waddingham wrote:
> 
>> On 2016-03-02 06:46, J. Landman Gay wrote:
>>> I confess my first reaction was that LC needs an interface designer.
>> 
>> Ah - yes - those magical 'interface designers' who you just ask to
>> give you the perfect UI that *everyone* immediately understands and
>> knows how to use and works exactly how each individual wants it to
>> work ;)
> 
> There is no best; there is always better.

Indeed - perfection is a journey, not a destination.

Just to clarify my comment, what I was trying to point out (in an 
attempt at a humourous way) is that invoking a 'interface designer' does 
not magically mean you end up with a user interface which any one person 
agrees with, or actually works for all use-cases. This does not mean to 
say that having a full time experienced dev-tool oriented UX designer 
wouldn't help immeasurably with the evolution of LiveCode's interface, 
but it certainly wouldn't be a magic wand which makes things better 
overnight.

My observation over the years that regardless of the UX design 
experience of the person designing things developing a good UI comes 
down to dialog between the designer(s) and the user(s); and as with all 
things it generally comes down to compromise.

I do think this has been occurring quite healthily recently with regards 
LC8 and, indeed, some of the tweaks that have been made to the project 
browser (in particular its selection / highlighting logic) have been a 
direct result of discussion with individuals who have pointed out 
certain flaws and I do hope that will continue.

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

-- 
Mark Waddingham ~ mark at livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
LiveCode: Everyone can create apps