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As a designer, this kind of attitude is one of the many reasons I don't contribute to open-source projects. You can't touch anything without people complaining
by WeAreKnights 15y ago
As a designer, this kind of attitude is one of the many reasons I don't contribute to open-source projects. You can't touch anything without people complaining about change. Computers are very different than they were 20 years ago yet we're tied down to outdated interface principles. In Linux-land, we're expected to design for the way things have always been not the way they should be. It seems geeks are just as stubborn about change as everyone else.
- tucosan 15y agoActually, I would be really interested on research done in this area. What are some modern UI concepts (apart from those oh so usable interfaces offered by this big fruit company)? Are there any fresh concepts out there at all? I would really like to see what might be possible if somebody really starts developing something radically different and well suited for the novice computer user and the ubergeek at the same time. Hiding complexity from the user might be one option, but there should be more ways to make use of the gui concept than just oversimplyfing things.