These graphics are writing checks this interface can’t cash
Paul Miller has some advice for user interface designers: Don’t be condescending. “The Ribbon in Microsoft Office products,” complains Miller, “is constantly talking down to me, assuming I don’t know how to use a menu, a key command, or an honest-to-goodness toolbar.”
Miller’s got some harsh words for Apple, too: “And of course, there is the transgression of the century: Apple’s downward spiral into overt 1:1 metaphors. The physical bookshelf, the leather desk calendar (complete with a torn page), the false-paginated address book… these new tricks are horrible and offensive.”