tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post1972657356504011036..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Stossel on RegulationsGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-14843668637319423462012-03-07T18:47:55.380-06:002012-03-07T18:47:55.380-06:00I'd say design in general needs a dose. It is ...I'd say design in general needs a dose. It is hardly unusual for me to wonder whether the people who design things have actually tried to use them.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-71650335068761440932012-03-07T17:27:55.436-06:002012-03-07T17:27:55.436-06:00OMG, I'm living that nightmare now by learning...OMG, I'm living that nightmare now by learning Maya 2012. I'm a well-established VFX artist, and few of the concepts are new (mainly those developed in the past two years, or in areas I've not dealt with in depth before, such as character rigging), but just figuring out where everything is, and the basic paradigm by which they "relate" the user to the data, is just frustrating as hell.<br /><br />UI and software design are both crying out for a dose of OBjectivist epistemology. I know this. I'm just not the one to do it.Jim Maynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-12692552313806678022012-03-07T04:21:29.941-06:002012-03-07T04:21:29.941-06:00Steve,
The problem is compounded by "Roach H...Steve,<br /><br />The problem is compounded by "<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203458604577265123429033322.html?grcc=d43034cf6681b879a5c6515b660d1c75Z3&mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_opinion" rel="nofollow">Roach Hotel</a>" business models that take advantage of the fact that many users are clueless about how to (really) use computers. With some of these companies it's almost as if the companies switch things around to makes sure their customers never really learn.<br /><br />C.,<br /><br />Regarding DuckDuckGo, another commenter recommended it to me after I expressed annoyance at Google for breaking its search algorithm by aping Facebook.<br /><br />Regarding girl progeny for submariners: Heh! (And yikes: this made me realize that I've been out for nearly twenty years now.<br /><br />GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-25719128540933727842012-03-06T22:25:07.644-06:002012-03-06T22:25:07.644-06:00Also, Gus,
Though not relevant to this post, I ran...Also, Gus,<br />Though not relevant to this post, I ran across this about submariners and their progeny. I don't know if the causal explanation holds water but epidemologically there seems to be something going on.<br /><br />http://forums.ivillage.com/t5/Daily-Buzzz/Why-submariners-have-girls/td-p/80389766<br /><br />c. andrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-16464280144263367232012-03-06T20:56:47.453-06:002012-03-06T20:56:47.453-06:00Thanks Gus,
The page on DuckDuckGo was illuminati...Thanks Gus,<br /><br />The page on DuckDuckGo was illuminating. I'm gonna try some comparison searches and see but I'm glad to add something different to the search repertoire. <br /><br />c. andrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-62949761577214736522012-03-06T13:23:32.557-06:002012-03-06T13:23:32.557-06:00"The user is expected to learn all these widg..."The user is expected to learn all these widgets and how to use them and what they mean (intuitive my ass) and then whenever they need to do something they just do it repeatedly."<br /><br />Sigh...The trouble is, I spend all my time these days learning new software, new databases etc, often to use them only once or twice. By the time I have figured them out, something new arrives and I start the process all over again. I remember once spending about an hour trying to find a simple command (I think it was ‘select all’) in a new version of a graphing software. It had been moved to a place the programmer must have thought was a slightly more convenient (but I thought less intuitive) spot which once I started using frequently might have saved me as much as a couple seconds each time.Steve Dnoreply@blogger.com