Karoliina.T.Salminen at nokia.com wrote: >>> Hmm. Do you have something against child's toys? >>> >> No, I don't and I thing the One Laptop Per Child computer, which >> looks like something from Fisher-Price, is a great idea for it's >> target group. On the other hand, the N800 is more likely to be used >> by adults, often in a business situation, where toys are not >> appropriate. > > I am not so sure about the business situation, because to my > understanding, Internet tablets are supposed to be fun and for fun. I think this is a fundamental misunderstanding. *Part* of what they are about is fun. But they do have a valid application in business: I use mine for this purpose and I find it fun to do so. But it isn't a toy. > And in here, we have many people who like toys (the difference of > children and adults is only in the price tag of the toys) :)... In > fact, only you define what is appropriate really in what situation. I > would not like to imagine what kind of business situation calls for > not having icons and brilliant colors on desktop of an internet > tablet. It depends on who is looking at it. You may not wish your client to think that you are a geek who likes toys, for example. >> With the new menu, I have to scroll more than with OS2007. Ignoring >> appearance issues, this one thing makes OS2008 more awkward to >> use, at least for left handed users. > > The new menu is intended for thumb use. It is not supposed to be used > with stylus, we have made several improvements to improve thumb use, I haven't looked at an 810 yet but I hope it is possible to use it with a stylus also, using smaller icons. > I personally love all kind of cool looking things and I enjoy using > the OS2008 a lot more than previous versions which looked a lot more > boring. Personally I prefer devices to function correctly 100% of the time. Afterwards (and *only then*) should a designer be allowed to make it look pretty. ///Peter
