At 09:15 AM 2/24/2004 -0600, you wrote:

>The user interface IS the project, in the user's world at least.  No
>matter what tricky code you used to do a software 16X16 multiply in 9
>machine cycles, the user does not care about it.  They care about how the
>buttons feel, whether it lasts, how easy it is to set.  This is the "Art"
>part of electronics that keeps this business interesting.
>
>Now how come I can't get the Marketing department to believe this when I
>tell them.

I always assumed it was engineers pushing the 150-button interface idea..

Easy to use is always a good selling feature. Even us geeks don't want
to have to spend 2 hours reading the manual to figure out how to set
a simple function.

But now I figure that if I can't come up with something really cool,
it's best to mimic a well-known consumer product that most potential
users are familiar with (a car radio, a cell phone, a TV, a microwave
oven)............

Best regards,

Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..."            "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com             Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog  Info for designers:  http://www.speff.com

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