Palmyra
October 13th, 2007, 09:42 PM
It doesn't really make a difference what we are talking about, but this rule almost always applies: mockups generally are infinitely cooler than the end product. This rule applies to hardware, software, Windows, Linux, and so on.
Since this is a Linux forum, I'll only focus on Linux. If you check out websites like www.gnome-look.org, you'll notice that there are some great mockups, and the same is true for KDE. But wait a minute...mockups almost never reflect the end product. In fact, you might say "Oh, okay" when you see the final release.
It's such a shame that we can't live up to the promising nature of mockups. They are fantastic, but they are never implemented. That is probably because mockups may give people the impression that implementation is easier than it really is. There is a lot more to software programming than using this or that tool in GIMP.
Here's my all time favorite Topaz mockup, by the way:
http://members.westnet.com.au/peter.lilburn/sl/tpz1.jpg
Since this is a Linux forum, I'll only focus on Linux. If you check out websites like www.gnome-look.org, you'll notice that there are some great mockups, and the same is true for KDE. But wait a minute...mockups almost never reflect the end product. In fact, you might say "Oh, okay" when you see the final release.
It's such a shame that we can't live up to the promising nature of mockups. They are fantastic, but they are never implemented. That is probably because mockups may give people the impression that implementation is easier than it really is. There is a lot more to software programming than using this or that tool in GIMP.
Here's my all time favorite Topaz mockup, by the way:
http://members.westnet.com.au/peter.lilburn/sl/tpz1.jpg