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- From: Michael Loader <76711.2617@CompuServe.COM>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: PageStream 3.0i - User-Interface Design Flaws
- Date: 11 Apr 1996 16:30:12 GMT
- Organization: Soft-Logik
- Message-ID: <4kjc2k$hbo$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com>
-
- Jim Ventola aka jventola@mecn.mass.edu wrote:
-
- >Being picky? Excellence comes from being picky. The user interface
- >is every bit as important as the function, especially in software
- >for the common, non-technical user. Still, it would indeed be a lower
- >priority than fixing a bug or adding a needed feature. Still, such
- >changes may not take much time to implement on well-designed
- >software.
-
- ??? We spend more time on interface as a percentage of development
- time than almost any other software company. Some of our customers
- think we spend too much time. I have personally spent thousands of
- hours agonizing over interface issues and details. It's almost funny
- when people nitpick PageStream3's interface given the amount of
- attention we have spent on it.
-
- Not that it's perfect. There will be plenty of interface changes in
- 3.1. ;-)
-
- --
- Regards,
-
- Michael
- SoftLogik Publishing
-