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Originally Posted by Toadling
My comment was a somewhat tongue-in-cheek response to your earlier remark:
"why would it be so difficult to find a completed task and correct the issue, on the rare occasions when you do get it wrong?" So I'll ask: What insider take on my brain do you have that allows you to conclude that I only need to deal with these sorts of corrections, rarely? :P |
Yes you got me on that one - I was assuming you didn't make many mistakes ;)
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But the Omni Group must come to some kind of conclusion based on their experience, their best judgement, and a few assumptions about their prospective users. If they didn't, the app's design would be in shambles, it would have millions of features (and probably an equal number of bugs), and it would never ship on time.
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Yes of course they do, but they also should take account of the wide range of requirements of their potential users, which I rekon is one thing that is NOT reflected by a beta group. In this specific case, that would mean taking account of the fact that (as far as I can find) ALL other task apps remove completed items from the view almost immediately if they've been filtered out, setting an expectation and habit in many users. they also need to apply elegant design so that that flexibility doesn't result in the mess you describe. Unfortunately, in this case ONLY, I think they've failed on both counts, and came to the wrong conclusion and a clunky solution.
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Mark, you are clearly a thoughtful and passionate user, and I respect that. I hope you'll not take any of my remarks personally and that there's no ill will between us.
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None at all. In fact to debate (as opposed to argue) is a great way to learn respect for other peoples views IMHO.
I am passionate about UI design (too passionate at times), and I accept that I do get more wound up than most about things when I think they could so easily have been done differently with a little more thought, but I hope it's constructive passion!
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Oh, but one last thing:
I don't understand how that's any more convenient than Command-K, but I'm glad you've found an acceptable workaround for the time being. :)
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Ah well, you have to feel it to understand it! It's all to do with the instantaneous nature of a workflow - the second an additional (to me unnecessary) step is introduced, however simple, it completely destroys my focus. Maybe I'm just more easily distracted than most.
But that workaround proved no good anyway because it doesn't reveal the next action. Just deleting works better, but isn't perfect.
Mark