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10 months ago

in Prototype This! These Guys Will Show You How on SolidSmack
I don't get it. How do these guys get there own TV show. I'm a Product Design and Development Engineer and no one ever asked me to be a part of a TV show. Where does one even apply to get a TV show made like this?

12 months ago

in SpaceClaim, SolidEdge, Inventor: User Interface A-Go-Go on SolidSmack
I actually like the ribbon bar. Rather I've come to like it and have adopted it as my default. However, I'd rather like to see these cad programs optimize their codes to work better and faster instead of bloat to include these GUI's. It's rather pointless, but I suspect this is market driven crap.
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Matt Lombard I doubt it's "market driven". The "market" isn't asking for ribbons. It's just developer trends (fads), and the assumption that "newer" means "better".

I have yet to see anyone who says they like it actually quantify why they like it with specific details. The reason I don't like it is because it is easier to scan a single row of related information (icons on a toolbar) than a 2D patch of mixed text and image data of different sizes. I suspect the concept was developed from tag clouds, where words are assembled in no special spacial order, but given size prominence, and your eye is drawn to the largest items first. Making the largest ribbon icon the most commonly used is great unless you use something other than the most commonly used stuff.

1 year ago

in Parkour and SolidWorks: Aware of Your Suroundings on SolidSmack
We used to do this stuff when I was a kid in my elementary and junior high schools. I'm nearly 40 now, but still somewhat limber. I'd really have to get myself back into fighting shape to even attempt anything like the video. Fun stuff though and brings back cool memories.
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