On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 15:29:37 Alex Fiestas wrote: > On Tuesday 13 November 2012 14:41:24 Marco Martin wrote: > > On Tuesday 13 November 2012, Alex Fiestas wrote: > > > http://wstaw.org/m/2012/11/13/plasma-desktopb11622.png > > > > well, the first thing that comes to my mind looking at that is... where is > > waldo? :p > > Exactly the same feeling with kickoff or tree based menus, the difference is > that by having everything into the same place you don't have to make > "attempts" on knowing in which page waldo is xD
serious question:
is it our goal to re-create the entire body of knowledge around human
behaviour, psychology and machine usage?
i ask because these discussions have all been had by people smarter than us
(in these areas, at least :) long ago.
in this case, there's a reason why google's simple search page killed all the
hierarchical organizations (like Yahoo) -> hierarchy fails beyond a certain
level; lists are difficult for people; 2D grids even harder. this is not
disputed. this is well confirmed scientific knowledge.
anyone who is interested in designing the next better wheel (or, launcher :)
should probably start by familiarizing themself with this body of information
and then start designing.
full listings, hierarchies and free search all have their "sweet spots" for
people and a good launcher will utilize them.
--
Aaron J. Seigo
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