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Hi folks, since it's been so quiet here, I thought I'd give you guys some food for thought, by providing you with a few usability-related links. A bunch of...
Uli Kusterer
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Hello all. As my first post in this group (thanks for Twittering about it Uli) I thought I would ask for people's opinions and views on sticking to the...
Simon Wolf
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... Well, as I said on the LNC Podcast, it's usually a trade-off you just have to make. The plus of a standard UI is: - Consistency with other apps - Easier to...
Uli Kusterer
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... Hi Simon, The general rule is that you can add animation and glitz as long as it doesn't detract from the visuals or flow of an application. In fact, in...
Kevin Hoctor
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In regards to a flashy, Delicious Library-style GUI, I feel there is a good balance that I personally try to achieve. When using Core Animation, for example, I...
Steven Degutis
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Jul 5, 2008
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... For what it's worth, here are some of my posts related to usability: ...
Andy Brice
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Simon, Your question taken out of the context of the domain of your application is just a philosophical one. Standard look & feel works for perhaps 70% of the...
Georg Tuparev
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... Not sure how that constitutes a disagreement with what I wrote? Care to elaborate which of my statements made you think I didn't want people to hire a good...
Uli Kusterer
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... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ As I wrote, graphics designer is part of the very basic software development process... like writing sources and should never come in ...
Georg Tuparev
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Jul 7, 2008
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... Well, it wasn't my intent to come across that way, then. This was intended to mean "you don't need a graphics designer for this particular piece". Even for...
Uli Kusterer
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Jul 8, 2008
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Following on from my initial post about user interface design it seems logical to ask for recommendations for graphics designers and, if possible, to try to...
Simon Wolf
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Jul 8, 2008
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... Simon, Please check old post on macsb mailing list about recommendation of designers. We discussed this subject n times (n > 5) and I believe everything...
Georg Tuparev
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This is the week of disagreeing with Uli :-) ... Hm. No. One thing Mac apps shine is design. If you are not one of the very few folks who are abled to do code...
Georg Tuparev
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... Will do. I generally have terrible luck searching the Yahoo Groups archives but I'll confess that I didn't try on this occasion. ... I'd assume therefore...
Simon Wolf
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Hi Simon, ... It is even more headache :-) There are people that design icons, other - web-pages (you need one to sell the app, right?), and yet others to give...
Georg Tuparev
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Jul 8, 2008
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... I have used Josh Brigham of New Creation Studios for icon and web design work. I think his typical rate is $75/hr, but he typically quotes by the job......
Doug Penny
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Lee Falin ("Free Nights and Weekends") just wrote a nice piece on the impossibility of nice UI in scientific applications: ...
Uli Kusterer
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... This depends on your app users but in general I agree with him. Some apps with expert users and a clear and consistent need for disabling menu items may...
Andy Dent
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Jul 14, 2008
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... The disabled menu items provide quite a bit of information. It is useful for all users. I agree that balloon help made things better by explaining why...
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... I don't understand what you think we have lost. Mac OS X supports tooltips on disabled menu items. Here is the photographic evidence: ...
Benjamin Peter Ragheb
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... Have you used the latest MS Office? Several months in I am still struggling to find anything on the ribbon bar. It doesn't feel much like an improvement to...
Andy Brice
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I'm currently faced with a boss who wants to add some corporate identity to our first Mac application. I'm trying to resist his requests to add a 'web-style'...
Simon Wolf
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Aug 18, 2008
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... Unfortunately it is in all of the apps he has written! We even have one app where each button on the form is our company logo with the name of the company...
Simon Wolf
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Aug 18, 2008
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... Well, applying the CI in general is not inherently a bad thing. CI is usually more than a logo: It involves stationery, design elements like separators, or...
Uli Kusterer
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I'm reminded of the spoof video of "What if Microsoft re-designed the iPod Packaging" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k Nick...
Nicholas Brawn
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Aug 18, 2008
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... I'm sorry to say that I laughed at your last sentence. Do you know which company I work for by any chance? ;) Sadly it does look amateurish and, although...
Simon Wolf
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... Unfortunately, whilst I'm still an employee anyway, I'm going to have to resist tell you what it is (one of the reasons I'm posting from my personal email...
Simon Wolf
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Simon, ... I presume this is a part of your app's tiered pricing structure? Hideous logo ..... FREE Logo removed ..... $19.95 All kidding aside, I think you...
Daniel Sandler
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Aug 18, 2008
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(Thanks to Uli for approving this post; for folks trawling the archives, job posts should be vetted through mac-gui-dev-owner@yahoogroups.com before posting.) ...
Benjamin D. Rister
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Aug 28, 2008
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Hi, I'd like to hear your opinions on something: As far as I remember, the HIG recommends making the non-destructive action the default button in a...
Uli Kusterer
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