[722] in Athena User Interface
Re: [Nautilus-list] Results of MIT usability testing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher D. Beland)
Sat Mar 10 23:07:12 2001
Message-Id: <200103110407.XAA28420@Press-Your-Luck.mit.edu>
To: Alexander Skwar <ASkwar@digitalprojects.com>
cc: nautilus-list@eazel.com, "Susan B. Jones" <sbjones@MIT.EDU>,
arlo@eazel.com, eli@eazel.com, aui@MIT.EDU, kcahill@MIT.EDU
In-reply-to: The events that comprise the history of the universe.
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 23:07:01 -0500
From: "Christopher D. Beland" <beland@MIT.EDU>
Well, as I say, usability testing could/should determine user
experience, and thus tailor to the most common case, and not Alexander
or mine or anyone's individual preferences.
You could/should also have a global "just do the right thing, don't
ask me what to do about file types" setting.
> Hmm, why should it have built in editing features?
Why should it have built-in viewing features? ::shrug::
The split-panel display idea is very interesting...
-B.
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