On 7/10-2004, at 20:32, Eric Ocean wrote:
On Oct 7, 2004, at 11:16 AM, Michael Gregoire wrote:
I also think that if needs to be explained, then there is definitely a design flaw.
I'm not sure where this bit of "wisdom" originated, but it's simply not true [...] [...] The number one job of any UI designer is to establish a "contract" of sorts with the user as to how the software works, and then to make damn sure that it actually does. That's much harder than it looks, but it's where greatness lies. TextMate's developers at least seem to be on the path...
I think your mail is really spot-on, Eric (and not just the part I quoted) :-). I also agree that, as long as there is no preferences (they won't come up in two days as 1.0.1 or anything like that), it is a good solution in the meantime. Now let's see what Allan thinks about it :-).