Callum Lerwick wrote:
The main argument here seems to be that "browser" mode is
what people
are used to. That does not mean it is the best. That just means it's
what people happened to learn first.
But in the real world, most users won't be complete computer newbies like
the folks selected for those usability studies trying to find the absolute
best interface, they will have existing experience and they will adapt more
easily to a suboptimal, but familiar UI than to a "perfect" but foreign UI.
Kevin Kofler