Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 10, 2004 03:36 AM
find someone who uses the microsoft version of whatever program you're copying and then sit them down in front of your project. watch them and see what they can't figure out. remember that they have no fucking clue that their mouse has two buttons much less how to use the right click.
also remember that they have no concept of drag and drop, and only a vague understanding of saving files. actually, you might as well say that file and folder locations are just as lost on them as right clicking.
keep in mind that they will only use about 3% of the features of your particular program, and all those extra buttons you had to have little tiny icons made for will go mostly unused.
don't forget this either... even though your job as an open source programmer is to make your application look EXACTLY like the microsoft version, even microsoft doesn't always do it the best way. you could actually improve your program's usability by NOT making it look exactly like a microsoft application
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 10, 2004 03:36 AMalso remember that they have no concept of drag and drop, and only a vague understanding of saving files. actually, you might as well say that file and folder locations are just as lost on them as right clicking.
keep in mind that they will only use about 3% of the features of your particular program, and all those extra buttons you had to have little tiny icons made for will go mostly unused.
don't forget this either... even though your job as an open source programmer is to make your application look EXACTLY like the microsoft version, even microsoft doesn't always do it the best way. you could actually improve your program's usability by NOT making it look exactly like a microsoft application
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