Am 15.11.2012 19:47, schrieb Daniel Kahn Gillmor:
On 11/14/2012 06:48 PM, Michael Heydekamp wrote:
Therefore I herewith apply for that both skins share the same core functionality. This is currently not the case, as I had to learn yesterday (using the addressbook during composing).
FWIW, from the users i've spoken with, "Larry" is universally seen as an aesthetic improvement over the "classic" skin.
This is a matter of taste. I don't even like the "darkness" of the larry skin too much, but that's not my main point.
To me, functionality is much more important than "aesthetic improvements". I have nothing against those kind of fancy improvements, as long as it doesn't reduce functionality. I could very well live with a plain text-oriented user interface, if it does what it should do. I started my computer life with DOS 3.x in the early '80s, that may be part of an explanation...
Now we have the contradictional situation that Larry a) reduces functionality in terms of consuming a lot more screen space than the classic skin, and b) increases functionality as it is providing functions the classic skin does not (e.g. addressbook, see comment above, I'm not sure if this is the only one).
Again, I urgently apply to provide complete and the same functionality in both/all skins.
However, "Larry" also appears to need a much wider screen to function without horizontal scrolling. This makes "Larry" particularly problematic for mobile users.
I can't tell anything about this. Probably that's what you have to pay for "aesthetic improvements"? ;-)
Greets,
Michael Heydekamp Co-Admin freexp.de Düsseldorf/Germany