Re: Look and Feel

[Rogelio M . Serrano Jr .]

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On 2005-02-13 19:24:12 +0800 Richard Frith-Macdonald
<richard@brainstorm.co.uk> wrote:

> On 13 Feb 2005, at 08:03, Randi Joseph wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I think that it is very important that certain aspects of the 
> > interface be 
> > customizable. In particular, a static/floating menubar option and 
> > left/right. Lets face it, left scrollbars might be intuitive to old 
> > NeXT 
> > users, but it is absolutely foreign to 99% of the world. It seems 
> > sensible 
> > to some degree for left-handed users, but flat out disconcerting for 
> > right-handed people.
>
> I don't think it's an issue of what is intuitive or handedness (I'm 
> right 
> handed)  ... I guess that the fact that you think having the 
> scrollbar on the 
> right is intuitive is a testament to the pervasiveness of the 
> ms-windows/mac 
> interface based purely on an early (historical) design decision.
> The reason for having the scroller on the left is that many/most 
> windows 
> contain text, and our text (in the west) tracks from left to right 
> and top to 
> bottom.
>
> I agree that having the option of placing the scroller on the right 
> is useful 
> ... but my reasoning  is different ... we need that option for three 
> cases -
> 1. eastern users who have text tracking  from right to left
> 2. people brought up with ms-windows etc who just can't  or don't 
> want to 
> change the habits they learned.
> 3. people who just like the scroller on the right ... the fact that a 
> scroller on the left is fundamentally more convenient for most people 
> does 
> not mean that it's best for everyone.
[snipped...]

Im more concerned about first time users. If they try a next based ui
first then they would think that the current mac/mswin interface is
awkward. I myself got so used to the left handed scroll bar that i get
confused whenever I use an mswin pc. The Next interface is so
radically different that there is no other choice but to go against
conventional wisdom.

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