Transparent panel

[Stephen Kuhn]

On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 02:47, Jonathan Gardner wrote:

> Of course not, nobody suggested that pretty stuff got
> work done. Then again. I'm sitting here in my
> company's brand new building and notice that the
> pillars in the different wings are painted different
> colors? Why? That doesn't get work done. The carpet is
> a weird sort of swirly pattern, that certainly doesn't
> get work done. Why carpet at all for that matter? Why
> give this building any of the odd "pretty" flourishes
> it has. None of that get's work done. We should have
> just built a cinderblock box big enough to hold
> everybody and their belongings. 
> The thing is, people are more productive when things
> are asthetically pleasing. Now people's tastes vary so
> what's pretty to one may be hideous to another.
> Now computers seem to come across as less productive
> when things are pleasing to the eye, but one can
> create a blazing fast desktop that depresses people to
> look at thus reducing productivity, or one can make a
> visually pleasing desktop and perhaps apps won't fire
> up quite as fast but if the worker is happier, the
> work will probably get done quicker.
> 
> Jonathan

Ok - I have to agree with that - but with a minor theme change I'm
personally happy - others may not be. I have so much work to do that I
can't really care about "looks" though - but given an ample amount of
"extra" time I might think about such things. Otherwise, I have to make
money, and be productive - so transparency is the lowest on my
priorities list for a WM and desktop...

stephen kuhn - proprietor
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