The best one is far from the most attractive one. The best features in applications are those that let me accomplish my objectives most quickly and easily. Applications are tools that I choose to accomplish my objectives. I prefer looking at (and showing off) the results in GraphicConverter. One of Aperture’s strong points is non-destructive editing the original image remains untouched.īut for rapidly moving about to examine fine details in images, the Loupe feature of Aperture sucks in comparison with the Slideshow features of GraphicConverter 6.4. I can do pretty good photo editing more quickly and easily, and will less investment in the learning curve (and expense) with Aperture than with Photoshop. ![]() I like some of them, and have become accustomed to others. New and different UI interfaces must be learned. Gone are the familiar keystrokes and other modes of interacting with the application, so familiar in other Mac applications. It’s interesting to observe that in its ‘pro’ applications Apple has pretty much tossed out all the previous Human Interface guidelines. Was it? Is it now? Should function follow form, or form follow function? Many thought the original Mac interface was simple and elegant. Which, again, raises fundamental questions about user interfaces. But when I need to batch process a number of images, whether converting them to a different filetype or rotating a selected group of images, there’s nothing else that does such a task so quickly and easily. I agree that many of the features of GraphicConverter seem dated. The higher the resolution of the image, the more amazing it becomes for examining detail with a flick of the Mighty Mouse scroll wheel. I’ve got some images like that, and for quick examination of small details followed by reversion to a smaller magnification, the GC 6.4 UI is useful. That’s why I suggested GraphicConverter 6.4 in relation to the particular task of reviewing photos of historical documents. I can move back and forth among the images in the browsed folder much more quickly than in Aperture or many other photo editors. ![]() I can click in any area of the image and, using the scroll wheel, instantly adjust magnification. But I find this a slow and clunky UI, if I want to quickly look at a number of details in a photo in different areas, as would be the case were I looking at images, e.g., of pages in a handwritten ledger.įor a task like that, the UI of GraphicConverter in Slideshow mode (in version 6.4) is much quicker and more flexible. Then that goes a long way towards explaining the current UI for devonthinkĪperture has a Loupe for examining a portion of a photo with greater magnification. If you can look at graphics converter and think its a neat program and the rest of devon technologies shares your opinion. Graphics Converter is a great example of a program which is simply amazing in terms of the functionality it has and contains a user interface so incredibly awful, that I gave up on using it years ago when it became apparent it would remain stuck in some weird OS/9 looking like its built from visual basic land. Bill I hate to say this, but you may have hit a very sore spot with some UI issues and perceptions.
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