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Re: Small Problem vs Tip of Iceberg
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Re: Small Problem vs Tip of Iceberg


  • Subject: Re: Small Problem vs Tip of Iceberg
  • From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:55:12 -0500

On Jul 19, 2013, at 11:03 AM, Alex Zavatone wrote:

Apple is SUPPOSED TO KNOW HOW TO CREATE THESE INTERFACES!  They are supposed to know WHY things are good ideas and bad ideas (Look at the mere difference from iOS 6 to iOS 7 in the published images and tell me that is a good idea).

A couple of years ago, I gave away boxes full of old Apple manuals. They were 25 years old, outdated and taking up shelf space I needed. One of these books was ...

Human Interface Guidelines: The Apple Desktop Interface, Apple and Addison-Wesley, 1987

It's still around. You can download last year's copy here ...

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/Intro/Intro.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000894-TP6

I was programming in HyperCard at the time and this book had more to say about good
programming practice than any other book I have ever read. It was all about how not to
play tricks on the user and how to be informative. It has guided my programming practice
ever since, despite the fact that I have not re-read it in decades.

Programming a computer isn't about "programming a computer". It's about programming for a user.

Apple seems to have lost touch with its founding principles.



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