On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 10:53 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > >> I don't agree. There's nothing unusual about a dumbed-down interface for >> novices, with an 'advanced' tab hiding more options. > > As someone else has pointed out, a lot of usability experts consider > this a bad idea, for two reasons: > > 1) everyone thinks they're an expert, even if they're not, and hits > 'advanced' > > 2) it creates a confusing decision point for *everyone*: how do you know > if you need the 'advanced' options? You can't really know without > looking at them, so you have to look at them to decide if you need them, > so essentially we're presenting the advanced options to everyone... Well most people just press "Next", "Next", "Next" .... -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
