[IxDA Discuss] Which type of users customize?

[Esteban Barahona]

2007/1/16, Ari Feldman <ari1970 at gmail.com>:
>
> i don't know...there's no such thing as as a "perfect" UI. i've been using
> computers since 16K of RAM and cassette tapes were the norm and I wrote my
> first programs on an Atari ST, which used GEM - an early GUI that was a
> clone of the MacOS.
>
> Users customized the GEM desktop (though it took a while until enough
> people knew how) back in the 80s just as they customize Windows and even OS
> X.
>
> It's inevitable as every user has different tastes and preferences.
>
> MySpace, which as a horrid UI is popular for many reasons - I'd argue that
> the flexibility in which users are able to customize their pages (and thus,
> the UI) is a big reason for this. clearly, opinions will vary on this but
> it's a fair statement based on what's out there.
>
> Meanwhile, there are apps and systems that offer little or no
> customization - and users accept this either because they don't care or
> can't do anything about it.



Yes, users should be able to customize. But were to draw the line? I have
used various Operating Systems Interfaces, and there are some that go to the
easy-unflexible (Mac) to difficult-flexible (Free Interfaces) extremes...




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