[OSX-Users] Re: what we've been missing !

Philip Boulain prb at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Sat Sep 26 15:18:27 BST 2009


Steve Harris wrote:
> I think that's exactly it, MS execs can't tell the difference between 
> that youtube train wreck, and the Reality Distortion Field, and I 
> honestly believe that they think Windows 7's UI is as good as OS X.

Surely that makes the questionable assumption that user interface 
"goodness" is a subjective and artistic attribute, rather than something 
which can be objectively measured via usability studies?

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