[Web] Interview with Matthew Kille - AmigaOS 4.0 GUI Design | ANN.lu |
Posted on 17-Jun-2003 18:03 GMT by Mike Bouma | 46 comments View flat View list |
AmigaWorld.net has interviewed Matthew Kille, the founder of the software company Zeoneo and also the designer of the default AmigaOS4 graphical user-interface. His company developes both for AmigaOS4 and the AmigaDE.
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Interview with Matthew Kille - AmigaOS 4.0 GUI Design : Comment 21 of 46 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Don Cox on 18-Jun-2003 04:53 GMT | In reply to Comment 18 (Anonymous): "Right now it would be easy to conclude from the screenshosts (showing two or three apps with wildly different appearance) that "consistency" just isn't going to be delivered, leaving AmigaOS behind even Free Unix when it comes to UI."
Bear in mind that programs were shown running on the Workbench which would normally be running on their own screens, such as IBrowse or the PDF viewer. So long as the functions and positions are the same, I see no reason why the window gadgets should have the same appearance on different screens, or the same fonts be used in every program. On the contrary, a changing look from screen to screen gives you an instant visual signal that you are in the world of a different program.
A DTP program should not have the same look as a MIDI sequencer or a game.
So IMO it is fine if MUI programs look slightly different from Reaction programs, so long as basic functions like having the Close button top left in a window, or standard menu items on the first menu, are observed. |
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