Homebrew PCBs

On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:03:01 +0200, Andrew <andrewm1973@...> wrote:

>
> But seriously guys - the UI is pretty unimportant
> isn't it ?  It's like saying a honda CB250 is a
> better family car than a volvo becuase it comes
> in red.
> Isn't what the PCB SW does and doesn't do more
> important than the colour of the paint job ?


You are comparing apples to rubber ducks here.

The paint job would be the appearance of the software, not the UI.

If i get in a car, i expect the gas to be right, the brake to be in the  
center, and the clutch to be left. I expect the car will go right if i  
turn the steering wheel clockwise.
With some programs (like eagle), i feel like the handbrake is used for  
steering while the steering wheel somehow seems to adjust the rear view  
mirror. Obviously it is much easier if all the controls do the usual  
things ;-)

You _can_ drive a bicycle with your arms crossed, but it you will probably  
crash quite a few times before you get the hang of it. You'll need to go  
quite slowly for quite some time or you'll break bones for sure.
If you have never driven a bicycle (or used any windows software) it is  
probably not much harder to learn to drive with crossed arms than with  
straight arms (anyone with young children care to experiment ;-). If you  
are however used to normal bike riding (and normal windows software)  
strange UIs are just wasting my time and making it unnecessarily hard. Why  
should i have to learn a complicated UI when they can just stick to  
standards and drastically reduce my efforts?

Anyway, you may love these funny UIs, most people probably don't because  
they just want to get on with the job.

ST