Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 11:21:48 05/28/99
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On May 28, 1999 at 04:12:12, Francesco Di Tolla wrote: >On May 27, 1999 at 17:03:33, Christophe Theron wrote: >>I don't like Fritz5 interface. Not a problem of what company designed it, but I >>really don't like it. First it hides the bottom bar of Windows, and this is a >>first problem. Second, when you switch to another program often it doesn't work >>and Fritz stays in the foreground. Looks like a bug. Third why use buttons >>instead of standard menus bars? And so on... > >I agree, the interface of Fritz and ChessBase are not well integrated with >windows. I admit that they are good for begginers but for advanced users they >have some rigid limitations. > > >I think the real issue is that some users are challenged by a multiple windows >inteface. So I would add to the program an "autoarrange" feature to reorder the >windows. I would also add a feature that permits to save a layout (like >ChessVision has). (I don't belive MS is serious when they claim multiple windows >programs should be abolished, why don't start they to publish a version of word >which is not a multiple windows prorgam?) Ask somebody in the Office 2000 Beta program whether they've gone from MDI to SDI or not. >I think that the inteface design should depend on who is going to use it. So >Fritz looks like a program for computer-challanged people, with it's large >buttons. Do you think to be a computel-challanged user or an intermediate (or >advanced) user? I think I prefer a program which is elastic and permits me to >adjust more, more than a program that forces me to see things where they want to >stay. > >regards >Franz Dave
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