Re: [lmi] Group premium quotes: UI

[Vadim Zeitlin]

On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 01:46:30 +0000 Greg Chicares <address@hidden> wrote:

GC> On 2015-10-22 17:28, Vadim Zeitlin wrote:
...
GC> > but in 10 more years people might genuinely not know how to use
GC> > it any more. I think it might be a good idea to gradually introduce some
GC> > newer UI elements to prevent this from happening.
GC> 
GC> But what will GUIs look like then?

 FWIW I think the current GUIs will still continue to exist in 10 years,
there is just too much of inertia for them to disappear completely in this
time.

GC> We could follow msw fashion trends, but
GC> a decade from now will corporate end users still use PCs, given that the
GC> industry is grasping at straws
GC>   http://cpqbrfjung.pbz/
[encrypted the URL I'm too embarrassed to mention even in the quoted part
 of my emails]
GC> to try to save itself? The BYOD era has begun; should we be targeting some
GC> new platform instead?

 Just in case it wasn't a rhetorical question, I think we should, if we
can. It's "just" a question of resources, but ideally, i.e. if the
resources were unlimited, any GUI application nowadays should support at
least the following platforms:

1. Classic MSW
2. OS X
3. Linux/other Unices
4. Android
5. iOS
6. UI-formerly-known-as-Metro for modern MSW versions
7. HTML5 for everything else

 Now I have no idea whether lmi users priorities are, all I can say is that
supporting 4-7 is not going to be simple. (6) would probably be the least
onerous platform to target and also arguably of most interest for lmi, but
even it would require a lot of work.

 Regards,
VZ