Re: cost estimate for a GUI pilot -- MIDRANGE-L

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To all who are involved in the design of a "UI" ... (or "user experience"...):

What is sorely lacking in all of these discussions of "modernizing" whether using a Windows style GUI or a web browser based one, is the whole concept of "human factors engineering."

The reason why the IBM 3270 and 5250 are so "productive" especially for heads-down keyboarding / data entry activities, is because IBM spent real money hiring psychologists and human factors engineers and this went into the design of those devices.

I see very few examples of any companies even giving this a second thought when designing a "graphical user interface" ...

Just sayin ...

Mark

> On 11/13/2014 11:22 AM, Roberto José Etcheverry Romero wrote:

Yeah, but i suffer any time i have to use one of these new "interfaces"
that make me slower than a snail. From missing keyboard shortcuts to badly
programmed tab jumps to stuff that can only be done by mouse clicks.
UI designers don't realize that you CAN make it sparkle but functional at
the same time...
Moving from a blackberry to my current android phone made me LESS efficient
due to the lack of tactile response on the keyboard, but it's shiny and so
it must be good...

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