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I'm trying to avoid sounding overly nostalgic about Palm OS but it really was a nice personal computer. This snippet highlights the focus on UX (beyond the loo
by gelstudios 2y ago
I'm trying to avoid sounding overly nostalgic about Palm OS but it really was a nice personal computer.
This snippet highlights the focus on UX (beyond the look and feel!), and as creators I think many of us can relate to (and maybe remind others...) how great products require deliberate care in design AND implentation.
> The user interface received particular scrutiny. Hawkins set firm limits that any slow operation be reworked instead of showing a busy indicator, and explicit error messages should be avoided. Graffiti was a given because handwriting had to work, as no physical keyboard would have fit at the time. Mindful of how unusual such a device would be to many users, Ed Colligan declared that Touchdown should “delight the customer,” and developer Rob Haitani established a design theory he grandly christened the “Zen of Palm"