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10.5: Partially tame Time Machine's warping background
The poll of which you speak shows (as of today) that 39% prefer the 3D dock, and 36% prefer the 2D dock. I'd call that a tie -- we're talking about a difference of 165 votes.
10.5: Partially tame Time Machine's warping background
http://sigchi.org/chi97/proceedings/paper/nt.htm
Moral: if you find something aesthetically pleasing, you will find it more usable. So if you hate the Time Machine background you should change it because you'll then find Time Machine more useful. But if somebody finds the Time Machine background "Cool" and appealing, they will find Time Machine MORE usable because of that. Just as you subconsciously hate Time Machine because of the graphics and all that CPU they waste (seriously Rob? Computers primarily do nothing but waste cycles all day, so what's the harm in using a truly insignificant amount for aesthetics?) I'd wager the number of people impressed by the warping background outnumber those who despise it, and as such the space background (ON AVERAGE) is a better universal choice than the "ugly" white background. This also highlights my point about not making evaluative statements about how you hate this or that change: it's too subjective to hold true for everybody, so why bother? Your aesthetic opinion is not everybody's. This also highlights another important fact: Looking cool *is* a worthwhile goal as long is the benefits outweigh the costs. If a visual change greatly improves your opinion of the interface element even if it slightly decreasing its usability, then the visual change is valid and worthwhile. This fact consistently blows die-hard, command-line-or-death types as they simply refuse to believe it. But if people use Time Machine more just because they find it "pretty" then the space background has more than justified itself. So there: now you can't say you've never heard of a justification for the warping background. And I know for a fact you've been given reasons as to how the new Dock does improve some aspects of its use (admittedly it also introduces some new problems, but it's not like there's absolutely no justification for it, whether Apple intended it or not).
10.5: Partially tame Time Machine's warping background
I was given reasons why someone *thinks* the new dock is better. None of those reasons, however, stood up to any sort of scientific logic.
10.5: Partially tame Time Machine's warping background
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