Warp wrote:
>   I really can't understand why the "real-world metaphor" GUI is so
> popular even though every single GUI design guide I know vehemently
> speaks against using that metaphor.

Software publishers thinks is gives you less to learn. They're wrong, mind. :-)

>   Secondly, those devices are *not* that easy and intuitive to use, precisely
> because of the limitations.

That's what I think is cool about the new digital snapshot cameras that 
automate so much (focus on faces, figure out you need fill light, etc). They 
*are* a lot easier to use, without making them any more complicated. Of 
course, it can take control away when you want a night-shot of the moon or 
something, but for 95% of the photos, it's a lot easier with no extra 
complexity. *That* is how devices should be.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   The NFL should go international. I'd pay to
   see the Detroit Lions vs the Roman Catholics.

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