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Re: mach 4 and How complex
开云体育There has been a huge trend away from the (Common User Architecture) CUA developed after years of research by IBM and originally supported by Microsoft.? Ever since Android came onto the scene with 'different' user interfaces with probably zero research things have been going downhill.? ? One has to remember Android phones were never designed to be useful phones;? the phone part is a side effect.? Software to "Enhance a User's Experience" but in reality _to_help_sell_advertising_ keeps arriving and dominates the user interfaces.? Microsoft and Apple have jumped onto that bandwagon in order to compete. ? The ability to hover over a button or ICON and have a 'hint' show up has been around long enough now that if clicking on text causes an effect then the Hint should clearly state what it does.? Better still there should still be a CUA approach to doing it if someone hasn't clued onto the shortcut.? Running CNC equipment doesn’t need user interfaces with "Enhanced User Experiences".? ? Hey! Let's make the ESTOP button flat and with the little behive symbol!? Just imagine what would happen if user experiences were enhanced for traffic lights with new colours because they are prettier.? The stop sign is shaped differently from a yield sign so even if covered in snow it still sends the message.? There are things that shouldn't be changed. ? My point is putting a line of text on a screen that by itself conveys information and then making it clickable without it looking like a button is extremely poor user interface design.? There's no excuse for it.? Unless of course the text says "Click this text to change Motor0 parameters" ? IMHO John Dammeyer ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Barker
Sent: March-28-21 7:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MachCNC] mach 4 and How complex ? Hi, This is truly the first time I have ever seen this be something that was an issue. I will check with the support guys and make sure they have not seen this as well. ? Now as far as making a new interface for setting up the motor that can be done! Lua has all the power to make this happen. We have OEM's that make simple scripts to setup the motor / IO and other settings. I truly don't know what to do in this new "modern age" The amount of things people expect out of the software is getting a little foreign to me . 3D printers have done a wonderful job of getting people into manufacturing. BUT at the same time it has made a bunch of users that think CNC should be that simple. We are working to try to make things simpler everyday and at the same time support the "power users" . I think we are quickly getting to the point that we have no middle ground. So we are working in VERY simple screens and wizards to guide the user to do simple operations and setup.? The issue is I think as the people learn more they will want to get deeper into the machine and will want to make the machine do more complex things. ? Sorry for my rant :) But I am seeing this issue and trying to figure out what we should do to help people. ? Thanks Brian ? On 3/27/2021 3:32 PM, spencer@... wrote:
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