Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 08, 2006 06:15 PM
I have to agree: the new icons are blurry and not at all nice when viewed on a large screen. It is a step backward - I guess the usual "trying to be cool".
One big lesson that we learnt in our multi million dollar organisation (meaning design budget, org to remane nameless here): When you have a LARGE and INTERNATIONAL as well as a VARIED audience or user base, you simply have to achieve one rule of success:
- You cannot please EVERYONE but you can AVOID ANYONE saying OOOHHH YUCK.
The other side of that rule is that: If anyone says OOOOH WOW!!! HOW BEAUTIFUL, then there will also be someone who swill say OOOHHH YUCK.
In other words, it is a compromise. I don't think that compromise has been reached in this case, and there will be those who thinkg COOL but those who will be offended by the unclear fuzz.
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Re:Awful, I mean Really Awful Interface
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 08, 2006 06:15 PMOne big lesson that we learnt in our multi million dollar organisation (meaning design budget, org to remane nameless here): When you have a LARGE and INTERNATIONAL as well as a VARIED audience or user base, you simply have to achieve one rule of success:
- You cannot please EVERYONE but you can AVOID ANYONE saying OOOHHH YUCK.
The other side of that rule is that: If anyone says OOOOH WOW!!! HOW BEAUTIFUL, then there will also be someone who swill say OOOHHH YUCK.
In other words, it is a compromise. I don't think that compromise has been reached in this case, and there will be those who thinkg COOL but those who will be offended by the unclear fuzz.
The older verion struck a better balance imho.
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