Re: Look And Feel (Guidelines
Re: Look And Feel (Guidelines
- Subject: Re: Look And Feel (Guidelines
- From: Ryan Dary <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:34:37 -0700
All that aside, I have never met or heard of someone who didn't know
what to do to make iTunes play, stop, etc. I think that, though it does
break the rules, it is very easy to understand. Most of the controls
mimic what we are used to seeing on a physical CD player. The only
exception are the playlist and possibly the search, however they have
been implemented in a easy-to-understand way also.
- Ryan
On Thursday, July 12, 2001, at 04:43 PM, email@hidden wrote:
If customers want to see the standard aqua, to avoid "feelings of
uncertainty in users"; if this is so important, then can you explain
iTunes? It doesn't have a standard Title bar. Its expand "plus" button
(what's it called?) brings the UI to a completely different state, with
the Red/Yellow/Green buttons on the side. The resize corner design is
larger than a standard window. The whole thing has this brushed metal
look and is draggable by all areas of that "metal". None of this fits in
with the "visual consistency users expect", at least not that I can see.
This entire application, produced by Apple, appears to me to violate all
the recommendations you are mentioning.
-Rajpaul