Re: cost estimate for a GUI pilot

But so much of that is about who programmed the Green Screen. Different
functions keys, different way of inputting. My wife worked at a company and
they had to page down through hundreds of pages of input because there was
no way to position to a user. I have seen so many terrible screens and the
big problem I tend to see is overload. Just trying to stuff to many things
on a screen. Biggest advantage I see to GUI is the ability of the screen to
change based on what the user inputs.

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Mark S Waterbury <
mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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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