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Winning the Linux Wars (MCP)

Posted Jan 9, 2006 17:20 UTC (Mon) by X-Nc (guest, #1661)
In reply to: Winning the Linux Wars (MCP) by erwbgy
Parent article: Winning the Linux Wars (MCP)

XP is the best they've done so far but if you read any books on human interface design you'll see that the whole bottom-up design of the Start menu is counter intuitive. There are a number of other things that aren't well done in the design (and I'm sad that GNOME & KDE had to continue the prevalence of them). The only reason it feels "normal" is because for almost two decades it has been the standard. Like the QWERTY keyboard, it's all anyone knows so it's the "easiest" to use. Doesn't matter that there are many layouts that are much better and faster.

And as for trolls, I agree with you and the others. Disagreement does not a troll make.

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Winning the Linux Wars (MCP)

Posted Jan 10, 2006 8:41 UTC (Tue) by daniel (subscriber, #3181) [Link]

"XP is the best they've done so far but if you read any books on human interface design you'll see that the whole bottom-up design of the Start menu is counter intuitive."

A logical fallacy called "appeal to authority". I personally do not see what is wrong with having the task bar at the bottom of the screen, I prefer it actually.