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Offline Waccoon

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Re: I like the new os4 screenshots but...
« on: June 11, 2003, 08:49:20 AM »
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Iamaboringperson:  i want my GUI software to draw lines, accept input, and splatter text all over the screen

Ah, a practical GUI designer!  I respect that.  Unfortunately, we are a dying breed.  Try using THIS mess of a GUI:

TDK Mediacenter

Tiny fonts, bland colors, oddly shaped and placed buttons...  essentially, every mistake in the book!  If this is the future of GUI design, I will soon be critically ill.  Of course, this kind of tripe gets good reviews by the eye-candy geeks.

Personally, I don't care how a GUI looks so long as all the buttons are in the right place, and everything is clearly labeled.  I've never liked the soft, dark look of the OS4 preliminary screenshots.  I think they're a mess and poorly organized.  A good GUI makes a very good impression of the technology underneath.  Pretty backdrops and shadow effects do not.