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FIGURE 4.19
Adobe Photoshop customize keyboard. Source: Adobe Photoshop CS2. Adobe
product screenshot(s) reprinted with permission from Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Modelessness; direct manipulation/see and point.
By selecting the UI customization function the user is presented with a new win-
dow (named “Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus”) containing a list of menu items and
keyboard shortcuts. After the adjustments the user has to click “OK” to transfer the
changes to the UI. A better solution would be using a drag-and-drop interface, like
the “Customize Toolbar
” in the Finder or other native Mac OS X applications. By
doing so, we would also provide the user with more direct control.
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SA analysis
Actors, audience, paradigm.
All of the objects involved in the interaction pertain to the leading paradigm of
“window, icon, menu, pointing device” (WIMP). The paradigm is constituted by the
menu bar, toolbars, main window containing the image, dialog windows, icons, and
pointer. The paradigm is bound to the GUI metaphor. Adobe Photoshop is meant for
professionals. This distinction of audience is manifested implicitly by the channel
of distribution (commercial software) and explicitly in the marketing documentation
(Adobe Photoshop's slogan reads: “The professional standard in desktop digital imag-
ing” (Adobe, 2005)). The menu paradigm is constructed by combining noun-verb or
verb-noun items, which seems deliberate (only one model should be chosen.) A more
specific audience for this function consists of power-users and programmers.
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