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As a developer I tend to leave those sorts of niceties to the user/project manager.
Really it all comes down to what is easiest for the user, the pretty interface may make an impression at the beginning but I tend to err on the side of the ease of use rather than the aesthetic of a piece of software.
If metro works better in a particular situation then go ahead and use that style.
I am one of those who still finds a keyboard/shortcut faster than a gesture or a right click on a mouse...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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supernorb wrote: I really like 3D style like in Windows 7, VS 2008, VS 2010
So do I.
supernorb wrote: don't like flat style like in Windows 8, VS 2012. What about you?
I don't either but it seems to be the trend. Google and Apple seem to be going this way as well.
Kevin
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I'm sorry but if flat style is a new trend, 3d style will be obsolete, you will have little chance to like it as you said, I understand that this style is more suitable for phones and tablets, that's why it's a new trend? The only disadvantage I can find in 3d style is it requires more rendering processing, more cpu usage and ram memory.
I know Windows 8 will help my laptop faster, consume my ram lesser and make my laptop battery life longer, but I have still not installed Windows 8 yet, simply I don't find any beauty in its flat style. My laptop is powerful enough to run Windows 7 and any other 3D style OS, I can accept the long startup time of Windows 7 (about 2 minutes for my laptop), accept all other disadvantages of Windows 7 to enjoy its beauty which I can't find in Windows 8 (maybe also in next versions of Windows). However, if it is a trend, I will force myself to like it, there's no way. I think Windows 7 has the best UI of all because it seems that Windows 8 and next versions of Windows are certainly flat, flat and flat (metro style?).
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Well,
I have to say that at start it seemed strange to me (I develop on a Windows phone 8 at work), but then when I saw my friend smartphone (Android) I have to say that I felt like the android look like this[^] while the flat style is a lot more elegant and clean.
For desktop I have Windows 8 but I pratically never use metro style application I think they're just not suited for a desktop
But for smartphone and tablet i think it's way more nicer the flat style
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You're right, I also think it's more suitable for smart phone and tablet, you deserve my up vote 
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3D for sure. While I'm a big fan of the Android architecture, I much prefer the iOS UI.
/ravi
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Options. The user should be able to choose. I like my UI the way I like my women. (Kent is so gonna kill me.) http://www.quotes.net/quote/45650[^]
Seriously, I don't like flat UI because I've been using Windows for so long. Having flat UIs for new users is fine, but don't make us old dogs have to change. They didn't stop making manual transmissions when automatics were invented.
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Really the thing I don't like is the way Microsoft is catering to the dumbest user and giving us a Fisher-Price interface, where certain things are done automatically, and if a choice doesn't appear it is because they don't think you are smart enough to handle it.
What they are giving us is an interface that "anybody" can understand which does not cater to most of the people that are CP members. We may develop software but we aren't "users".
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Harvey
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Dimensionless, monochromatic user interfaces simply mirror the continuing souless trend towards the genericized illusion of personalization.
Marc
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I'm waiting for 4D.
Nothing cooler than a UI that moves around on its own volition.
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This is not a question!
For a while, I have been using RhodeCode[^] as my source control browser.
BUT! I just found the Allura[^] project, which is what powers SourceForge[^]. Just looking at the feature list made me decide to switch to that instead.
Quite cool, I must say.
EDIT: It appears Allura only supports mercurial 1.4, so I will not use it, as I need to use Mercurial 2.x. Well, back to RhodeCode it is, then.
Gryphons Are Awesome! Gryphons Are Awesome!
modified 30-Mar-13 13:19pm.
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CLI-Command Line interface (Generic)
GUI-Graphical User Interface(Generic)
NUI-Natural User Interface(almost Generic)
From generic what i mean, its almost same for everyone
who uses it.
Can't we make that thing specific to a type of person
who is using it?
Please comment on the wild thought:P
World is short of Ideas!
modified 29-Mar-13 17:16pm.
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Well if this supposed "NUI" is the same heap of crap that's called Metro then no, it's a backwards step.
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Yep,
Artificial Intelligence comes after some common sense i guess.. :P
World is short of ideas!
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My vote of 5 for your words, as exactly as what I want to utter out, but I'm not brave like you. 
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No.
First, far as I can tell, currently NUI is best guess approach not application learning. Learning has existed for years and most people don't use it.
Second, some functionality, such as typing are unlikely to be replaced.
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Rich are getting richer and poor getting poorer.
I am speaking with reference to technology.
I was thrown out of my OS lab when i argued that NUI is just not a great idea.
We are making it easier and easier for common people than raising their standards
or telling them more about computer technology.
I think they would prefer learning how to code(so that they can solve their problems by themselves and not waiting for a s/w or an app that will solve it for them) than having installed computer on their face(google glasses)
World is short of ideas!
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Monster Maker wrote: I think they would prefer learning how to code(so that they can solve their problems by themselves and not waiting for a s/w or an app that will solve it for them) than having installed computer on their face(google glasses)
"They" wont. If people would prefer to code then the world would be full of people coding. its not. The massive majority are users not developers.
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i don't want everyone to be a developer,
i just wan't from everyone to have some knowledge about coding and computer technology.
and you can imagine that how much time it would save in software development(sdlc) when the client understands ur 2nd level dfd in one go.
how about it?
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Sure, when you can perform open heart surgery, then it's fair for you to expect that busy doctor to have knowledge about coding. Your youth and inexperience is showing.
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Sure i don't wanna know how open heart surgery is done,
but i ll not mind learning about first aid,
and i ll surely learn about the medicines that can provide relief to my stomach pain, or my
asthama.
So for doctors coding is like first aid for us,
and understanding OS is like medicine that would solve their common problems in their life.
But they don't have time understanding that(that's your point), so that's what m saying UI should be made more friendly , somewhat specific to him! That will save his time!
World is short of ideas!
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: Sure, when you can perform open heart surgery, then it's fair for you to expect that busy doctor to have knowledge about coding
Certainly not the best analogy since most doctors do not know that either.
And there isn't any opportunity to learn it on your nor pick it up on your own.
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Most people that use software or drive a car couldn't care less how either works under the hood. Most people also drive over bridges and live in homes without thinking about the engineering that went into them too.
People simply want these things to be pleasing to the eye and to fit a purpose in their life. Only when these things fail to be pleasing to the eye or fail in their designated purpose do they care; and that caring is merely to point the finger of blame at those that built it.
That is the human condition, acknowledge it, accept it, and move on.
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