Re:7. Motif is not user interface, etc (Score 1)

"You don't feel that the "look" part of "look and feel" matters to a UI? You think that "feel" is all that defines a UI?" - what i'm saying is that the iTunes brushed metal facade really has nothing to do with its user interface. (It's not really made out of metal [WINK!]) "The point is that they are gratuitously different having nothing to do with their function." "Why? How does making the apps different for the sake of difference improve usability or intuition?" my point is that things can look different and still have the same function. if the 'look' gets in the way of usability, it's no longer just a 'look'. the 'look' of an application should be totally divorced from usability. "Since when is iTunes "responsive". It's slow as a dog." - hell yeah, it's slow. i mean 'responsive' in that the application responds to a user actions and that feedback is given from the app. Arizona sediments respond to the Colorado River by eroding away into a canyon.