R.I.P. WYSIWYG

Parece que já não há mais "espaço" para o WYSIWYG: R.I.P. WYSIWYG - Results-Oriented UI Coming pelo guru da usabilidade, Jakob Nielsen. A Microsoft já anda a trabalhar nisso:

In previous releases of Microsoft Office, people interacted with the applications through a system of menus, toolbars, task panes, and dialog boxes. While this system successfully provided access to a wide variety of features, it became increasingly challenging to add capabilities in a way that made it easy for people to take advantage of them.

Sim, porque dizem que o Microsoft Word 2003 tem 1500 comandos... :-S Imagino o Excell...

The overriding design goal for the new UI is to deliver a user interface that enables users to be more successful finding and using the advanced features of Microsoft Office. (...) With these goals in mind, we developed a results-oriented approach that simplifies how users achieve results (...)"

Bem que a Microsoft podia dedicar-se apenas a estas questões de usabilidade e acessibilidade... onde ainda merecem palmas.