Re: GUI design / planning methods.

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From: Joseph P. Jarosz
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 04:37

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I have to agree with the messages that preceeded this one (not included due
to their size) that many people have gone GUI crazy. I myself am a User
Interface designer & implementor. Notice how I used UI not GUI, I'll admit
many of the applications I have created do have a graphical UI but they
also have a proceedural interface as well.

What most people who are charged with delivering a user interface for an
appliation forget is that they are supposed to make the application easier
for everyone to use, not just novices. This does not mean that GUI's are
for novices only. Quite the contrary, I have designed several applications
that don't even begin to take advantage of a GUI until the user has become
an expert with the system.

GUI's are good thing, they are getting a bum wrap due to the many poor
attempts out there...

thanx,
joey@netcom.com

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From: joey@netcom.com (Joseph P. Jarosz)
Subject: Re: GUI design / planning methods.
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