The future of selections and masks in Krita

[Bart Coppens]

On Tuesday 01 August 2006 16:12, Thomas Zander wrote:
> If you don't then half of what personas are meant for is thrown away as
> well.  Baby thrown out with the bathwater etc..
I think you misunderstood me there. I meant that I didn't know why it 
_suddenly_ came up. Not that I did not know why they would come up, that I do 
understand. It's just that it's almost like poof! they were here, and it's 
all we talk about.

> And we are back to adding features just for the fun or for supporting the
> programmer (who is not the user). Which historically has always lead to
> applications that do not give the best user experience.
Agreed. Just don't throw away _all_ fun and support for the programmer, 
because that's not good at all.

> The reason for that is simple; each feature that a user does not need gets
> in his way.  If you can not find a persona that actually _uses_ the
> feature, then you are just coding for yourself and nobody will like the
> application any more because of it. So, while its good for some
> programmers ego, it just degraded the app.
Well if the programmer himself uses it, and some other people ask for it, it 
might be a good idea to at least consider it, even though it doesn't 
explicitly fit any specific persona (other than those people's 'persona').

> People probably like long feature lists; but long feature lists do not
> create happy users that will advertise krita as being cool and good after
> actually using it. Applications that make a user feel smart will do that.
> Which needs well designed interaction, NOT more features.
Agreed. Just as long as we don't consider well designed interaction the _only_ 
goal we should program to. Because the application may make the user feel 
oh-so-smart, and have a crystal clear UI and simple to use, if it doesn't 
have the features he actually needs, he won't use it too.

> Maybe you can find that book and read about it to see its some smart guy
> who thought this up, and its not just some weird idea I came up with ;)
> "The inmates are running the asylum"
Yeah, I probably should. If they have it in the shop where I usually buy my 
books, and I don't forget when I'm there, I'll perhaps buy it (and then try 
not to forget reading it :P)

> Cheers!
Cheers to you too!

Bart