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Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem




On May 22, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Andy Lee wrote:

The vast majority of this thread, if not all of it, has been about people struggling to understand the frameworks as they are.

Like Sherm, I do not agree with this. This thread has been about much more -- has been much bigger -- than a couple of people struggling with Cocoa, which may be why some people have taken comments more personally than they were intended..


Most of this thread, if not all, has NOT been about people failing to read the HIG.

I did not mention the HIG on purpose. Although I suggest reading it, consistency goes far beyond conforming your UI to the HIG. Working with Cocoa rather than trying to force it to use design patterns and philosophies from other languages and platforms will very often, as a side effect, make your application non-standard in subtle but potentially frustrating ways for your user. Of course, until you have the "big picture", it's hard to see how that could be true but, trust me, it is.
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 >Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem (From: Andy Lee <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem (From: Jeff LaMarche <email@hidden>)
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