A huge chunk of the IT industry revolves around "novice users". Trying to cater to newbies is what earns meals for thousands and thousands of people around the world. The trend is not only in the field of IT; it, actually , originated in the early 80's when a whole bunch of products was launched like the family car or the vacuum cleaner or the toaster. Consequently, new models of the same were also launched which made people choose on the bases of ease and comfort. These were all meant to be but one company took it to a new level: "Microsoft".
Microsoft and its products is the holy grail for novice software users. In true silicon valley style, Microsoft picked up the concept of user satisfaction from Apple, who first implemented the Graphical User Interface (Gooey).
Up until the launch of Windows Vista, programmers focused on User Interface (UI) to create the "awwww" effect in users. I remember when vista was launched, all my friends did was talk about how good the windows looked, the transparency, the AERO. Vista is the biggest flop after Microsoft Windows Server 2003. As attractive as Vista is, it is resource hungry. You can face speed issues with vista though your box has 2 gigs memory. You combine the greed for resources with the awful UAC, LoL :) , you've got a pig sitting or your drive. As the adage goes: "Every dark cloud has a silver lining", Vista introduced a revolutionary concept: "UX".
For those of you who don't know what UX is, all i need to do is: give you the full-form. UX stands for User eXperience. ;) How about that? This is the future of the industry. Any and all major releases now are centered around UX. Fedora, Solaris, MAC, windows server 2008 and its successors (Hyper-V, R2) have all ditched their believes and switched over to produce a decent UX.
The obese and lethargic vista is now receiving a huge make over that includes a tummy tuck and a face lift to emerge as:
"Windows 7"
(uuuuhuhuuuu)
Windows 7 (project: windows vienna) uses the same system architecture as vista but it is faster and better looking (atleast dats wot they say... pufff ;) ). Features like AERO Shake and a improved taskbar are set to captivate novice users and have them chatting for some time. But i'm really not impressed by this one bit. cos i'm not a noob ;) LoL..... What actually impresses my is MinWin and Libraries (google it... me too lazy to write) . Two extraordinary features introduced that helps me and other tech savvy folks in particular "programmers".
In terms of UX, i believe windows 7 is 7/10 (ironic?).... I'm still not convinced about the improved UAC.... talkin abt UAC, boy, was it a bitch in vista... puff :
Target: "Novice" is a fact. Programming is now the icing on a piece of cake. Jus ask my frens who hav been introduced to microsoft's latest tools.... UX in programming tools have now become common.... :)
This truly chucks the traditional approach of programming out of the window where employees were locked up in room and asked to tap away lines of codes while their bosses slid pizzas under the door.... :)
well, To sum up:
Try to elevate from the state of being a novice to become a mature programmer. Learn and share tech info - Do not depend on only easy tools. venture out to other areas like: openSource etc.
- i hav my viva tomo and hav not yet touched my books
- i make a lot of grammatical mistakes. also pardon my spellings :)
- Don't call me a geek
- As i sign of change, this blog was completely written using firefox and fedora10 as OS....
- take care and peace out \/m
jargon busters:
ReplyDelete1)OpenSource software need not always be free of cost. It gives u the right to modify n tweak the source to suit ur requirements
2)The fish in windows 7 desktop is called the Siamese fighting fish a.k.a. "Betta". hence MS officials decided to put the fish in the beta release of w7