generational UI .. not.

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everyone who commented it couldnt be done was correct.

* this was an idea i had to track the usage of any given UI over the life span of a human...

i started to try to make a chart - to show what i was picturing...

in corel i made a chart... ha.

so - where to start,* ages.

so i put:
1-10, 10-20, -20-30, 30-40, 40- 50, 50-60, 60+

so seven groups (hmmm windows 7... sorry!)* that would be tracked for 60 years - with new decade groups coming in / being added by decade.

this would mean the 20 year windows group - doesnt get 2 paragraphs of text to read when they copy files... they are tracked - as knowing this already

anyway - it wont work because i wanted to have options for ... example: Choose room / usage: den, kitchen, car...

or..* throw in variables of male - female, businessman or musician.. and it just grows to be unworkable.


all in all - what i was really saying was - removing luna from vista - wasnt a good idea. that is the "classic" now.

and removing toolbars in office - no matter how cool the new idea is - wasnt cool either

i was searching for a way for software - to know - who is using what - at what level of xperience.. and still offering all the new stuff - maybe even 3d UI's... just not... forced.

so i thought - if there was a UI framework* - that extends to kids, or dens, or seniors... you can see how it quickly gets confusing.

Ill close in saying - i obviously failed in providing any answer, but if you really are competing with apple and linux - then quadruple your design efforts...* linux is all about code (no good graphics yet) and apple is providing good graphics (that you could beat)





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