One of the links given in your link is this : http://madebymany.com/blog/apples-aesthetic-dichotomy
very interesting for those here who still don't understand the difference between skeuomorphism and metaphors applied to icons within apps.
Although I disagree with the end which says that 'metro' is so good. Metro LOOKS good, but is quickly tiring.
I agree, Metro is just lacking in soul. Comparing Ive's designs so far to Metro is like saying a sheet of aluminum looks like an iPhone 5. Ive's puts a an amazing amount of detail into making things look simple. Microsoft draw a box and fill it with a color.
I have always suspected although never researched this theory ... that you nailed it ... it is, I think, entirely related to linguistic abilities. Mine, on par with a door knob, is limited me to minor programming capabilities while I watched programmers in my employ work fluently. The parallel to struggling with French for me seemed very familiar. I have a bunch of English cousins raised in Belgium who were fluent in four languages by the age of five or six. I have to believe language and programming are the same skill set and early exposure is a real advantage.
I've only comes to this realization last Autumn. I still try. Every morning I do at least an hour of "programming" with my coffee instead of doing a crossword or sudoku. I can't say I'm picking it up well, but I am learning a very little bit each day. I hope one day it'll just click.
PS: I am talking with an AI member via a PM here who read my "issues" with programming and is writing a programming book that may help teach people like me learn to program more effectively.
Just about every other language is a problem if you can't get past that they have a different syntax from English. Look at Spanish where nouns and adjectives switch places, a blue car is car blue.
That construct makes more logical sense to me. I think it was with mstone we discussed how URLs are backwards. They really should be like Apple does their PLIST files: top level domain, then domain, then subdomain, etc. The current method has you build up to the top-level domain and then jump back to first listed subdomain as the next level.
PS: At this point I can figure out what C or Obj-C code, albeit simpler code, is suppose to do when I read it, but I can't write it. I can't even take my clear memory of what the code is suppose to accomplish and then recreate it on my own. This seems to be a lot like non-native speakers of a language can understand what is being said or written but can't as easily restate it verbally or in writing.
That construct makes more logical sense to me. I think it was with mstone we discussed how URLs are backwards. They really should be like Apple does their PLIST files: top level domain, then domain, then subdomain, etc. The current method has you build up to the top-level domain and then jump back to first listed subdomain as the next level.
Then it is like English where you start with something secondary (blue) and then the primary (car)
I agree, Metro is just lacking in soul. Comparing Ive's designs so far to Metro is like saying a sheet of aluminum looks like an iPhone 5. Ive's puts a an amazing amount of detail into making things look simple. Microsoft draw a box and fill it with a color.
Microsoft, they have good idea but they often fail at executing them.
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I agree, Metro is just lacking in soul. Comparing Ive's designs so far to Metro is like saying a sheet of aluminum looks like an iPhone 5. Ive's puts a an amazing amount of detail into making things look simple. Microsoft draw a box and fill it with a color.
I've only comes to this realization last Autumn. I still try. Every morning I do at least an hour of "programming" with my coffee instead of doing a crossword or sudoku. I can't say I'm picking it up well, but I am learning a very little bit each day. I hope one day it'll just click.
PS: I am talking with an AI member via a PM here who read my "issues" with programming and is writing a programming book that may help teach people like me learn to program more effectively.
That construct makes more logical sense to me. I think it was with mstone we discussed how URLs are backwards. They really should be like Apple does their PLIST files: top level domain, then domain, then subdomain, etc. The current method has you build up to the top-level domain and then jump back to first listed subdomain as the next level.
PS: At this point I can figure out what C or Obj-C code, albeit simpler code, is suppose to do when I read it, but I can't write it. I can't even take my clear memory of what the code is suppose to accomplish and then recreate it on my own. This seems to be a lot like non-native speakers of a language can understand what is being said or written but can't as easily restate it verbally or in writing.
Then it is like English where you start with something secondary (blue) and then the primary (car)
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I agree, Metro is just lacking in soul. Comparing Ive's designs so far to Metro is like saying a sheet of aluminum looks like an iPhone 5. Ive's puts a an amazing amount of detail into making things look simple. Microsoft draw a box and fill it with a color.
Microsoft, they have good idea but they often fail at executing them.