Basically its something that is more akin to how humans think. When we are designing something we have the goal in front of us (or in our mind) and then we break the tasks down into sizeable chunks to achieve that goal.
This is effectively the same thing...in that it gives you a view of the finished article...so that you can customise it more to what you want.
This is one of the first things that Microsoft has done to innovate the UI since the original wysiwyg style interface.
This type of interface is known as a wygiwys (What you get is what you see) the reverse of what you see is what you get. Basically the stuff you write gets morphed into the options you choose giving you a better feel for the end result
check this link out http://www.useit.com/alertbox/wysiwyg.html
Sounds good.
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Basically its something that is more akin to how humans think. When we are designing something we have the goal in front of us (or in our mind) and then we break the tasks down into sizeable chunks to achieve that goal.
This is effectively the same thing...in that it gives you a view of the finished article...so that you can customise it more to what you want.
This is one of the first things that Microsoft has done to innovate the UI since the original wysiwyg style interface. This type of interface is known as a wygiwys (What you get is what you see) the reverse of what you see is what you get. Basically the stuff you write gets morphed into the options you choose giving you a better feel for the end result check this link out http://www.useit.com/alertbox/wysiwyg.html Sounds good.