Dum dum Hadron Quark wrote on behalf of micoshaft:
> Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:56:26 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Speaking of need for freedom...
>>>
>>> Will Zune begin instructing artists on how to compose their music?
>>>
>>>
>>> Microsoft Vista User Interface Guidelines Published
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| "Microsoft has published the preliminary Official User Interface
>>>| Guidelines for Windows Vista. Highlights include Top 12 Rules for the
>>>| Windows Vista User Experience ? and the use of screenshots from Windows
>>>| XP as examples of what not to do. The full guidelines are as yet
>>>| incomplete, but what is there makes for interesting reading."
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/23/0551208&from=rss
>>
>> What a fucking moron you are Roy.
>>
>> Microsoft, as well as Apple, and many Unix vendors publish style
>> guidelines. You know, stuff like CDE and OpenLook and even KDE have
>> design
>> guidelines too. This is what makes environments consistent.
>>
>> This just goes to show you have ZERO clue as to the workings of the
>> computer industry, not even your little small sector of it.
>
> I had to take a second look at what Roy actually wrote there for a
> minute. Is he really so clueless? No wonder his crappy search engine
> never got anywhere : who the hell is going to join an open source
> project headed up by someone who thinks UI guidelines are a bad thing.
>
> See http://iuron.com/search/ for a good laugh.
You are truly clueless.
It is not for software companies to specify hardware build and design.
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