http://orange-envelopes.com/blog/2009/03/16/all-your-desktop-are-belong-to-hp/ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:07:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://orange-envelopes.com/blog/2009/03/16/all-your-desktop-are-belong-to-hp/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Mark Talbot Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:44:21 +0000 http://orange-envelopes.com/blog/?p=78#comment-9 This is an excellent example of the lack of real "dialog" that most developers evince when delivering interactivity. Wouldn't it curry much more favor and brand loyalty if the installer program were to ask, in a helpful voice, whether or not you wanted to take advantage of certain options? This article highlights a very real problem in UI today - that the user is left out of the conversation, and the software engineers completely dictate the monologue. This is an excellent example of the lack of real “dialog” that most developers evince when delivering interactivity. Wouldn’t it curry much more favor and brand loyalty if the installer program were to ask, in a helpful voice, whether or not you wanted to take advantage of certain options? This article highlights a very real problem in UI today – that the user is left out of the conversation, and the software engineers completely dictate the monologue.

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