Discussion Archive: January 2007

Command buttons

can you describe the operational difference between Delete and Close?

The reason I ask is It seems to me that there's a conceptual mix of
functions here, some apply to the content of the window, some to the
window itself. I would starrt looking towards seperating the commands
along those lines. If this assumpiton is true then there is potential
to re-use some standard windows icons.

That is, to make the best job of a bad lot (o;

On 1/26/07, Richman, Janis D.

Process - or a tool set?

There is a lot of conversation about process and tools on this forum.
Most of which is very enlightening and helpful. It is especially nice
to get insight prior to a purchase, not have to do the same research
someone else has already gathered, and have the benefit of industry
leader's experience. But I sense the very natural desire to find the
"perfect" application or process. I think it is important to not get
too intrenched and approach this as more modular.

In the mid eighties Michael Gerber wrote a great book called "The E-
myth Revisited".

Sketching vs. prototyping-"Rough sketches"

Jared wrote:

Rough sketches are different than crudely-drawn diagrams. In fact,
many rough sketches are very well drawn: http://tinyurl.com/2a27ed

I¹ve been doing concept sketches for a lot of years, and the majority of
these examples are not rough sketches, no matter what the authors or Google
call them. The first example on Jared¹s site ( of the space station ) is
more like it.

Sketching vs. Prototyping: Bill Buxton (was RE: Flash vs. Flex)

On Jan 26, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Josh Viney wrote:

> One comment though. This method seems to rely on an an old
> assumption that I
> feel is becoming less relevant in Web development (also consider
> what engine
> development has done for the game development world). The
> assumption is that
> technical development is slow, expensive, and a little mysterious.