Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 5th Apr 2009 10:27 UTC
Microsoft's "You find it, you keep it" campaign, which directly attacks Apple, has seen another instalment. The first one, with Lauren criticising Apple for its pricing policy and lack of choice, was met with mixed reviews, and I'm sure the second one will not be received any differently. Giampaolo disses Apple for a lack of power and being all about aesthetics.
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(GIMP and MSPaint could really learn a lot from Deluxe Paint for example).
Unfortunately, I have to settle for Linux, because it's the least insulting to my intelligence (I've been programming in C for over 22 years), so Windows is meant for clueless Users IMNSHO.
Greetings to a fellow C programmer.
I've hardly ever seen the Amiga user interface, but I've encountered fiercely loyal users of it. If it's as good as you say, perhaps you'd consider spending some time building an alternative user interface for GIMP demonstrating the ideas it uses. Who knows, it might catch on. That's one of the virtues of Open Source, you can go your own way.
I'm going to be doing some things like that myself, not related to Amiga, but to alternative ways of packaging computing functionality and customizing user interfaces around it.
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How much usability testing did Amiga do on their OS? I've only used it in an emulator. It seems really old and antiquated, but maybe because it is. Microsoft has actually spent cash on usability testing to determine what works and what doesn't.
If Microsoft did indeed "pay" for the usability of their OS, they should get a refund. What is so usable about an OS that has a trashcan on the desktop (which, like a real trashcan still contains whatever you put in it until you empty it), but then asks you: "Are you sure you wish to get rid of xxx?". Gad how annoying! If I ever become brain-damaged, perhaps Windows is the OS for me, until then I would take the Amiga OS over any other in a heartbeat. There's a reason the graphics interface of the Amiga OS was called "Intuition.". With the Amiga OS, a n00b could sit down in front of an Amiga without a manual and figure out how to use almost any application that could be bought (GIMP and MSPaint could really learn a lot from Deluxe Paint for example).
Unfortunately, I have to settle for Linux, because it's the least insulting to my intelligence (I've been programming in C for over 22 years), so Windows is meant for clueless Users IMNSHO.