Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Jun 27 17:16:05 CDT 2013
Hi Gustav: You are talking like a programmer and not like a user. Think super simple, as any impediment, no matter how small and a user is not buying. This is like any web site. The rule is five seconds or gone. The theory behind the rule, is if a surfer does not make sense of a site in five seconds they move on. Ten years ago when I was taking a E-Commerce course, and Amazon was held up as a sample of how to build a site. Everything was perfectly laid out so the eye followed easily from one operation to another. Ever wonder why the search bar is nearly always on top right? Then take the Apple computer. It is more expensive, no more reliable and in reality no better than a similarly priced product. Then you have to ask yourself, why do they sell? The answer is simple; their layout is nearly perfect. Just being pretty doesn't sell. It is all to do with proportions, style, understandability... No pure computer geek could have ever designed the Apple interface; it took a real artist. The fact is that Steve Jobs was not a programmer but he was a true artist. Style always wins over substance. Think actors...they are just good looking, stylist promoters and salesmen and they make fortunes just looking good. Win8, might have great features and a strikingly new interface but it failed on looking good and being easy (obvious) to use. What Microsoft needed was a real artist, like Steve Jobs (not that I am promotion Apple but I can not but admire the artist.) There are millions of Artists, many are very good artists, in the world but only a small few really great artists. These masters hang in our galleries and are admired by all. What makes these artists renderings so admired? Near perfect balance of colour, texture, composition, shadow and light, of execution and whether a person conscientiously realizes it, they are drawn towards the works of these masters. Microsoft has the money and the will to succeed but they just do not understand how important the simplicity, the design and the composition of a product is. Win8.1 is just the admission that it is back to the drawing board and the need for a tactical retreat for Steven Ballmer's Microsoft. Maybe, Win9 will be the new turn point and MS will then have a GUI built by a master artist. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 1:52 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] New Windows 8 Hi Hans No. And I truly mean, that if this tiny gesture represents a problem to the user, he/she will be facing real trouble operating the pc. But what I meant to tell is, that it surprises me that Jim (with a lifetime of computer experience) and many other quite computer-capable people can get so excited about a "reborn" pseudo start button. OK, I know you can also "boot into the desktop" but, hey, I've could that since the first preview of Windows 8 as I don't turn off the machine but send it to sleep. Windows 8 is extremely fast to wake up - even with an old-fashioned HDD it is ready in a second or two. /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Hans-Christian Andersen Sendt: 27. juni 2013 10:02 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] New Windows 8 Don't you think that perhaps you don't get it because you are not the average consumer? - Hans On 2013-06-27, at 12:07 AM, "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > Hi Jim > > You can't be serious. > I still don't get why grown up people can turn into a major issue that > you with Win8.0 have to push one button or click once to get to the desktop. > > By the way, the Windows 8.1 Preview it for download here: > > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/preview > > /gustav > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jim > Lawrence > Sendt: 26. juni 2013 19:16 > Til: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > Emne: [dba-Tech] New Windows 8 > > Yesterday, I was in the shop of a friend and had just walked past a > new PC running Windows 7. > > At least that is what I thought it was. It turned out to be the new > Windows > 8.1 and except for some slight changes to screen images and background > you would not be able to tell the difference. Even when this version > of Windows boots it goes straight to the Win7/8 opening page. > > The only sure change is the "start" button icon at the lower left of > the screen...the little white new windows trapezoid. When wandering > around the various sections much of the layout is pretty standard > stuff except for the use of the new san serif font everywhere. > > I for one salute the move. If my quick cursory observation is the new > standard I would think Microsoft has decided to get back in the game > and make a fight of it rather than be replaced by Android/Linux. > > Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com