Salt in Sugar

I have been observing this discussion from the sidelines as
I haven't had a
clue what the new interface would look like. I have just
seen a demo on
YouTube http://www
.youtube.com/watch?v=DwzCsOFxT-U (accessed through those
nice people at Adaptive Path). Not being overly technically
gifted I cannot
comment on the technical aspects but a few things that
struck me were that
-
It did not seem overly intuitive and users will need to be
trained to use
it
This being the case what happens when these children are
faced with using a
'proper' computer? They will need to be trained again so
this does not seem
good preparation for ongoing learning
The toolbars are described as 'simplified'. Seems a bit
patronising to me
and surely limits the older or more gifted kids. My young
son knows more
than I do about what certain programmes can do (especially
games related).
Once the users get the idea of how computers work are they
really going to
be much different?
Lastly through the internet they should be able to see that
people in
richer areas of the world are using something different.
Might they feel
even more like the poor relations?

Patrick C. Walsh,


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Patrick Walsh:

> Seems a bit patronising to me...

Lest you find yourself offering, gulp, a measure of
disagreement with an OSS
project such as Sugar, beware:

"OSS cares about users but in a different way. It isn't
like we dont care
about UI/UX/whateverbuzzwordyouthrowinthere, we just don't
have enough
designers to go around fixing the world... we make do with
what we have to
try and provide the best experience and ui as we can for
those who want an
alternative to all those industry products."

"You go on and on about your right as a design to
critique and blah blah
blah, and sure, you can do whatever you want... You want
something to happen
you have to get invovled."

"A friendly developer who might not know so much but
has good intentions
about user-centered design is 100x more valuable and will
get 10x more done
than a hot shot designer who thinks hes the coolest thing
since Ajax."


Ziya
Nullius in Verba 



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On 1/8/07, Patrick Walsh <patrick.walshhertshighways.org.uk> wrote:
>
> The toolbars are described as 'simplified'. Seems a bit
patronising to me
> and surely limits the older or more gifted kids. My
young son knows more

I don't agree with that interpretation. In many years of
testing
websites built for a younger audience, older teens never
complained or
felt limited. During qualitative questioning later, we would
ask older
teens if they were bothered by child-friendly controls,
simpler
language or larger type. The comments we received surprised
us. Almost
all of them said something to the effect of, "No, I
just surfed
faster."

-- 
Color me gone,
Dave Linabury (Davezilla)
<http://davezilla.com>
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