From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b5b666dfe354c6a6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-04 21:03:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: x24702@usma.edu (Zach Swanson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GPS Date: 4 May 2002 21:03:03 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <50c1a1b.0205042003.58c56db5@posting.google.com> References: <87g01a1j7u.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 134.240.36.230 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1020571383 31248 127.0.0.1 (5 May 2002 04:03:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 May 2002 04:03:03 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23553 Date: 2002-05-05T04:03:03+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote in message news:... > > But GPS looks like a very nice IDE! Not only the functionality, but it > also is eye-candy which surprisingly is important for many. I was just speaking to a friend of mine about this tonight. We concluded that its important for an application to "look pretty", as it gives the often uninformed end user a false sense of security about the program. I think it partly accounts for why MS software does so well; not only are the products useful but they "appear" to be "professionaL" with slick graphic interfaces. The visual presentation of a piece of software seems to go a long way toward deciding its longevity. I myself am victim to this... I still use MS Outlook rather than other not-so-buggy free equivelent email clients because I like the the layout and the look of its interface. Zach Swanson USMA '02