I for one can't stand those gliding wheels that offer no tactile feedback...
I believe you're refering to mouse detents. Their original intent is to prevent wheels from rotating back to a previous position. I find it better as a measurement of how far I've rotated the wheel.
Replacing an addiction with something else works, however that usually causes another addiction problem. One that may be stronger and harder to replace.
Myself for example... I went from playing RTS (Stracraft) to watching anime then went to playing MMOGs (World of Warcraft)... each successive 'interest' was stronger than the previous and more time dedicatd
... it also contributed to my nick... DTA... Anime... what should I add for the WoW? =(^-^)=
At this point I can't imagine what will replace WoW, but I'm sure something will... as a geek I have to hope my next addiction will be a girlfriend, unlikely tho it is.
The article doesn't actually mention Windows Vista in it, but feels like a silent jab at it anyways.
I remember the transition from windows 95 to windows 2000... Back then I though the fading effect of the menues or dropdowns after you's selected an item on them was "eye candy" and at first it was distracting, but now its a natural part of the interface. It didn't improve functionality at all but they're no longer distracting.
I think the transition to a 3d desktop will be the same. It'll be distracting at first as 'eye candy' but you'll either get used to it, or disdable it.
But perhaps this article should have brought up other merits that should have been offered as a true reason to upgrade OSes. Perhaps time and effort should have gone into developing the interface more rather than making it look nicer with 3d. I'm ever always in search of ways to enhance my interaction with my computer. Mouse gestures and voice recognition are some that I have tried. But how much of those were actually part of the OS?
I feel most of the improvements to interacting with my computer has happened through the peripherals, more buttons that are assigned commands to close program, scroll, alt-tab... the list goes on. What I wish for is easier use of the interface. The corners of the desktop are easiest to navigate to, make them useful, I used to put a small icon in the corner so i could blindly mouse to a corner and open it. Where are these kinds of improvements? Not in the OS, though they should be.
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I believe you're refering to mouse detents. Their original intent is to prevent wheels from rotating back to a previous position. I find it better as a measurement of how far I've rotated the wheel.
Replacing an addiction with something else works, however that usually causes another addiction problem. One that may be stronger and harder to replace.
Myself for example... I went from playing RTS (Stracraft) to watching anime then went to playing MMOGs (World of Warcraft)... each successive 'interest' was stronger than the previous and more time dedicatd
... it also contributed to my nick... DTA ... Anime ... what should I add for the WoW? =(^-^)=
At this point I can't imagine what will replace WoW, but I'm sure something will... as a geek I have to hope my next addiction will be a girlfriend, unlikely tho it is.
The article doesn't actually mention Windows Vista in it, but feels like a silent jab at it anyways. I remember the transition from windows 95 to windows 2000... Back then I though the fading effect of the menues or dropdowns after you's selected an item on them was "eye candy" and at first it was distracting, but now its a natural part of the interface. It didn't improve functionality at all but they're no longer distracting. I think the transition to a 3d desktop will be the same. It'll be distracting at first as 'eye candy' but you'll either get used to it, or disdable it. But perhaps this article should have brought up other merits that should have been offered as a true reason to upgrade OSes. Perhaps time and effort should have gone into developing the interface more rather than making it look nicer with 3d. I'm ever always in search of ways to enhance my interaction with my computer. Mouse gestures and voice recognition are some that I have tried. But how much of those were actually part of the OS? I feel most of the improvements to interacting with my computer has happened through the peripherals, more buttons that are assigned commands to close program, scroll, alt-tab... the list goes on. What I wish for is easier use of the interface. The corners of the desktop are easiest to navigate to, make them useful, I used to put a small icon in the corner so i could blindly mouse to a corner and open it. Where are these kinds of improvements? Not in the OS, though they should be.