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From: Peter Brinkmann peter.brinkmann@googlemail.com To: Jonathan Wilkes jancsika@yahoo.com Cc: "Pagano, Patrick" pat@digitalworlds.ufl.edu; Max abonnements@revolwear.com; PD list pd-list@iem.at Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [PD] Thoughts in conclusion of the 4th Pure Data Convention
Some random thoughts on various topics that have come up so far:
- Being afraid of Pd: Usability experts like to talk about things like
discoverability and constraints, and most users have been taught to expect user interfaces that tell them what to do. Pd doesn't do any of that. It greets you with a blank canvas and no indication what to do next. Now, I happen to believe that that's the right foundation for creative work, but a lot of people are freaked out by the lack of guidance.
It would really help here to get some feedback directly from new users who are having problems. I'm sure we all have our theories on UI but many more threads like "WANTED ALIVE objects" can help elucidate concrete problems that we can start fixing right away.
-Jonathan