Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem
Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem
- Subject: Re: Cocoa et al as HCI usability problem
- From: Graham Cox <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 11:45:12 +1000
I do fear this, slightly. The problem with it is that is makes the
*platform* look bad, which could hurt us by association. Human nature
being what it is, if an app crashes on a Mac (given the Mac's history
and perception by the general public) the user won't say "oh, what a
crappy app with poor programming", they'll say "oh, Macs are crap".
I've witnessed this personally on many occasions. The weird thing is
that the same scenario on Windows usually doesn't seem to get the
blame laid at the feet of the OS itself. I have no idea why, but
anecdotally it seems to be common.
G.
On 23 May 2008, at 4:40 am, Andy Lee wrote:
But I have no fear of the market being flooded by programmers who
didn't do their Cocoa homework. For one thing, their apps will
either crash all the time or leak memory like a sieve.
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