[Sigia-l] How long will it take?

[Stew Dean]

Hi Marcel,

I too work duel screen - it speeds up the IA process no end - especially 
for creating 'as is' site maps. I know the problem you are talking about - 
something made even worse by the new version of Photoshop (it's windowing 
works in a much better way but the pay off is potentially more confusion).

The more I work on two screen the more I see how windows isn't friendly to 
users like me, especially if I then take my lap top away and work on one 
screen.

I think the whole two screen thing and application focus thing you are 
talking about would require a rethink from the ground up, it's more likely 
to happen in MacOs as Windows is more focused on adding functionality than 
rethinking the core of how their interface works. In my view Windows needs 
to be trimmed back, even if it would be unpopular with some 'power users' 
or engineering types, you know, the ones that use XP in classic mode.

Cheers

Stewart Dean


At 09:02 23/06/2005, Marcel van Mackelenbergh wrote:
>Recognize this?
>
>I work in a dual monitor setting. I very often type keys which I think
>are directed to one application. But actually there is another
>application active. So nothing is happening where I want it to happen
>and sometimes something unwanted happens in the active application.
>
>"Why?" my internal voice says. "I was looking at the right one!" Is it
>just me or do you recognize this as well?
>
>How long will it take before our OS notices the application we are
>looking at, is the application where we want our actions to happen? Is
>anything like this researched? Are there other ways of solving this
>Man-Machine misunderstanding?
>
>Marcel