Comments on: Facelift http://blog.wilsonet.com/archives/2006/09/16/facelift/ Interaction and interface design, technology, politics, music, and random thoughts... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:08:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Drew Hamlin http://blog.wilsonet.com/archives/2006/09/16/facelift/comment-page-1/#comment-30992 Drew Hamlin Sun, 17 Sep 2006 04:04:15 +0000 http://blog.wilsonet.com/archives/2006/09/16/facelift/#comment-30992 While design decisions are just that (reflections, scroll bar appearances, etc.), it would probably be a good idea to file individual radars on things such as shift+scroll, contextual menus, command key shortcuts, Yes/No dialogs, etc. I can assure you from first-hand experience that 3rd-party radars not only are treated like first class bugs, but they also honestly do make change happen. While design decisions are just that (reflections, scroll bar appearances, etc.), it would probably be a good idea to file individual radars on things such as shift+scroll, contextual menus, command key shortcuts, Yes/No dialogs, etc.

I can assure you from first-hand experience that 3rd-party radars not only are treated like first class bugs, but they also honestly do make change happen.

]]> By: SuitCase http://blog.wilsonet.com/archives/2006/09/16/facelift/comment-page-1/#comment-30990 SuitCase Sun, 17 Sep 2006 03:49:40 +0000 http://blog.wilsonet.com/archives/2006/09/16/facelift/#comment-30990 Good observations! I am dismayed that you aren't immediately critical of all the new widget styles and random assortment of colours. Just because it's inoffensive doesn't mean it's okay - if Apple thinks this new alternate row colour is the best, it should be an OS X-wide change. I'm also saddened that iTunes 7 is still based on a foundation of a pokey SoundJam skin. It needs to be Cocoa (or at least made in Interface Builder) and fast - have you seen how bad this app looks in a higher-dpi on Leopard? Good observations!

I am dismayed that you aren’t immediately critical of all the new widget styles and random assortment of colours. Just because it’s inoffensive doesn’t mean it’s okay – if Apple thinks this new alternate row colour is the best, it should be an OS X-wide change.

I’m also saddened that iTunes 7 is still based on a foundation of a pokey SoundJam skin. It needs to be Cocoa (or at least made in Interface Builder) and fast – have you seen how bad this app looks in a higher-dpi on Leopard?

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