Xref: utzoo comp.cog-eng:643 comp.software-eng:826 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!vsi1!altnet!uunet!pdn!reggie From: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,comp.software-eng Subject: Re: OPEN LOOK Message-ID: <4368@pdn.UUCP> Date: 20 Sep 88 11:11:15 GMT References: <7099@well.UUCP> <1508@hp-sdd.HP.COM> Reply-To: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) Organization: Paradyne Corporation, Largo FL Lines: 30 In article <1508@hp-sdd.HP.COM> nick@hp-sdd.hp.com.UUCP (Nick Flor) writes: >What's wrong with this? My feeling is that if the interface >specification is based on what has been proven to be an effective means >of conveying the functional characteristics of the icons, then why not >specify it exactly? I don't feel we completely understand the impact of windows, icons, menus, etc.... upon the user to the point where we can definitely say that "xyz" is the appropriate means to display this entity. There have been numerous studies and controled experiments conducted with crt-based user interfaces, but relatively few with bit-mapped display oriented user interfaces. >Too much freedom of expression for programmers leads to confusion with >the users. Quite true! How many systems have you seen where you can determine from the user interface how exactly where in the system a different programmer coded? -- George W. Leach Paradyne Corporation ..!uunet!pdn!reggie Mail stop LF-207 Phone: (813) 530-2376 P.O. Box 2826 Largo, FL USA 34649-2826