Re: ANNOUNCE: GNAT Programming System 1.4.0 release

[Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>]

Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org> wrote:
: On 2003-11-24, Dale Stanbrough <MrNoSpam@bigpoop.net.au> wrote:
:> I think people dismiss too easily the skills and professionalism of
:> other workers; putting at naught their training and experience.

:>  No one was saying that
:> a GUI designer sits in isolation, weaving their magic without 
:> consulting anyone. Just as we would not expect a systems analyst
:> to do a requirements without the customer.

So, yes,
:  this person you describe as GUI
: expert is the go-between.


: Don't know what it is called in English, but the
: problem one can get from using the computer mouse all day thanks to the
: wonderful design of say Microsoft and other major companies with GUI
: experts.

It seems that the more significant factor in explanation is
how well the mouse's design fits the person's hand, and whether
or not the table is at a proper height etc.  If you think of
people playing computer games for many hours, can "mouse sickness"
really be attributed to buttons in the user interface?

That aside, "Designed by Xs for Xs" is likely from the marketing
department I'd say :-)  There are programmers who have seen and used
user interfaces different from typical Windows' MDI, for example Plan 9
users. But the Plan 9 user interface is not popular, just like some
programming languages, and so people have to make different
announcements addressing the herd :-)

Georg