[UI] Squeak UI/Usability Design

[Bill Schwab]

Every so often, I get tricked by the reply going to other than the list,
and I think this was one of them - aka, sorry if this is duplicated.

I agree, but (with no offense to Craig), suspect it will be Pavel who
enables the transformation.  Either way, it will be good for Squeak, and
interesting to watch.

Bill




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>>> gary at pinesoft.co.uk 09/21/07 5:07 AM >>>
+1 more...

On Friday 21 September 2007 3:33 am, Chris Muller wrote:
> +one million.
>
> Don't worry Geert.  I believe this is the only possible outcome for
> Squeak; by the very nature of its malleability, people are *able* to
> reject that which is not to their taste, no matter how
> well-intentioned the forces seeking "a ONE true, grand, ultimate
> image" are.
>
> Even with billions invested by big companies like Sun and Microsoft
> could not stop forks of their flagships.
>
> Squeak will ultimately embrace that which it cannot prevent.  I think
> Craig will ultimately make his technology easily consumable and we
> will witness a significant transformation of Squeak.
>
>  - Chris
>
> On 9/20/07, Geert Claes <geert.wl.claes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Don't get me wrong, I reckon the work Gary has done with his UI
> > Enhancements is
> > a great start and it actually showed me the true potential of
Squeak.
> >
> > Squeak should be all about choice. I reckon the Squeak image should
be
> > stripped
> > down to the bare minimum with a package loader allowing the user to
> > choose what
> > they want in their image. It is in people's nature to resists change
and
> > therefore I think it's important that the user should be given the
choice
> > how to
> > interact with their Squeak image - current Morphic package or some
new,
> > different more user friendly Morphic package.
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