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The WYSIWYG is dead! Long live the WYGIWYS! in Community WinCustomize Forums

It seems that the belief of on of the foremost usability experts is that the WYSIWYG is dead. According to Jakob Nielson’s Alertbox, the focus on usability design has now shifted to a results-oriented user interface or WYGIWYS (What You Get is What You See). Apparently, the original interface design concept based on a command line interface became deprecated by the introduction of the Macintosh GUI. Mr. Nielsen did appropriately point out the cr

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Reply to Windows Vista and its new games in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

can some body give me a download file of windows vista? i know that it is for IT and MSDN users but i want one if u can give it to me wow. very bold if not foolish. in any regard, how is it that someone who is so tactically naive (and not even a subscriber) become an Apprentice? Just curious.

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Reply to Should Wincustomize test skins out before accepting them? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Why would you make a skin if it is not intended for use? Graphics and Designs may be art, but a user interface shoud be held to a usability standard. If you don't personally test your own skin before uploading, then how can you be certain it passes the usability test? Furthermore, why would you upload something you yourself would not use, or have used? That is just bas business. Testing prior to implementation is the creator's issue, not the admin

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New Patent for Creative Labs May Cause Distress at Apple in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Creative Labs, maker of a number of MP3 players, was awarded a U.S. Patent that apparently covers the way a user selects tracks from a menu consisting of three levels of hierarchy or more. Creative has not yet stated whether or not they will pursue this matter in the courts, as it could be costly, but said they are evaluating the alternatives. Apple has not released a statement covering this matter as of yet, so Apple’s reaction is as of yet undetermined.<BR

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Reply to i r teh l33t 1! in Living in Cyberspace WinCustomize Forums

Um, it is refreshing to me that we all seem to have the time to spend on such a useful topic. Doen't really matter how I communicate, does it? If I get my point across to my intended audience, isn't my communication successful. 1337 or not, is really irrelevant. If I were using English in a German community or French in a Greek community, I would surely alienate those who were seeking to communicate in their native language. Therefore, if you are

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Reply to Validate Microsoft in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Um, I'm pretty sure selling OEM CDs without the computer is illegal? No wonder that price is so low... Actually, there is a loophole that allows you to purchase an OEM copy of a MS OS without the actual machine... you have to purchase the copy with "hardware", so you could interpret that to

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Reply to should Microsoft be using our skins for future generations? in Microsoft WinCustomize Forums

I will abandon the extreme verbosity for a moment for the following announcement: Microsoft has no need to even attempt to create anything resembling a creative department for their GUI. Think about it, Microsoft doesn't need a creative department that they both own and have the burden of paying. They already have that functionality in this and other groups like this one. Here, they have willing artists, doing a lot of work on their own t

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Reply to Validate Microsoft in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

New Copy of Microsoft Windows XP... $89.99 (http://www.agsolutionspc.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=8) Microsoft Validation Policy... $0.00 Accepting that you are willing to compromise your right to privacy for the sake of being legit... Pricele$$.

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Reply to should Microsoft be using our skins for future generations? in Microsoft WinCustomize Forums

It seems to me to stand to reason that only after careful thought and consideration could proper substantiation be furnished upon the aforementioned cogitation. Besides, when one abstracts the superficiality of the situational conundrum which is presently under considerable scrutiny, it becomes increasingly apparent that the only validated inclination is the original precedent for which this particular vernacular dissection was instigated. Or at leas

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Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 7 beta for Developer Testing in Windows Software JoeUser Forums

Microsoft has now released Internet Explorer 7 for developer beta testing. I have it installed, and it is my opinion that it is pretty impressive. It looks sleeker, and it has the most important new feature - TABBED BROWSING!!!. I am very impressed with the performance so far, but I must admit that it does remind me of a cross between Firefox and Opera. In any case, the only other problem I have is that the tools menu is below the tabs, which doesn

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Reply to Take that file-swappers! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I recently read an ad for the new Corvette. It stated that the car could travel up to 186mph. It was actually a selling point. I have never seen or even heard of a speed limit in the US remotely approaching 186mph. Furthermore, I don't believe that there are very many people who would buy this car and drive it on an authorized raceway. Of course, this is only one example of something which is advertised as having the ability of exceeding the legal

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Reply to Microsoft releases Acrylic Graphics Design program in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Does anybody remember MS Image Composer? You culd do quite a bit with it, and the price wasn't too bad (this was back in 96 or so). I remember getting this program from a buddy, and trying it out. At that time I didn't know anything about image editing. To me this program seems kind of similar to that program. Pretty simple, but robust enough for the average joe. I guess it has a place in the market, but I agree... if you have to pay for it, why

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Reply to Apple: Intel Inside! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Expect to see a lot of development on this, ie. I have been looking at this all day, and some of the popular ideas are among the following: - expect to see X86 chipsets in future macs - expect to see macs capable of running windows alongside macintosh (dual boot) - expect to see Windows based PC's able to run Mac OSX (leopard)(dual boot) - expect to see virtual ware in use to ease the transition - expect to see people on both s

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Reply to Why freeware nearly always loses in the long run in Industry WinCustomize Forums

Anti-freeware or commercialization idealogs and over-zealous freeware advocates are merely two sides of the same coin. Does it really matter whether you are for or against freeware or for or against commercial software? Really who cares, except those who are already so absorbed in thier own pesonal idealism that they can not see the proverbial forest of the binary jungle for the individual 1 0 1 0 trees? Let's face it ther are several realities here

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