Re:Demoed it... (Score 1)

The fact that Naked Objects have generated to much attention is an indicator of the sorry state today's software industry is in. Anyone who knows anything about how humans interact with software can plainly see that any system whose internals are allowed to 'bleed through' all the way to the end user is doomed to failure. Such attempts have been made before. Simply put, users absolutely don't care how was the system built, how was it put together. All that users care about is how can the system make their jobs/tasks easier. Let's examine the following quote that talks about the benefits of Naked Objects: "Because the user can see exactly how the system works, working with it is extremely straightforward." The user *doesn't* want to see *how* the system works. Same as the user doesn't want to see how a car works. The user only wants to use the car, and to be spared the gory details. Maybe the professional mechanic/engineer wants to see how the system works, but these users are in such an extreme minority, that we can safely ignore their wishes. Also, the 'empowering the users', rather than expecting them to be the 'process followers' mantra is inapporpriate. Users don't want to be empowered, they simply want to use products that will make their jobs/lives easier, or more bearable. Alex