TONT 39953 Luna的『观感』

萝卜白菜，各有索爱诺基亚多普达摩托罗拉。

原文链接：https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040331-00/?p=39953

Luna was the code name for the Windows XP “look”. The designers did a lot of research (and got off to a lot of false starts, as you might expect) before they came to the design they ultimately settled upon.

Luna是Windows XP『外观』的代号。设计它的设计师进行了大量的调研（并且大概跟你所想的一样，在寻找下第一笔的方向时走了不少弯路），才有了后来最终定型的样式。

During the Luna studies, that people’s reaction to Luna was often, “Wow this would be a great UI for X,” where X was “my dad” or “my employees” or “my daughter”. People didn’t look at it as the UI for themselves; rather, they thought it was a great UI for somebody else.

在对Luna的调研过程中，人们对Luna的反映经常是：『哇，这对于X来说是个很棒的UI』，X代表的通常是『我的父亲』、『我的员工』或者『我的女儿』。人们总是认为Luna不是最适合自己的那个UI，反而觉得它对别人来说再适合不过了。

It was sometimes quite amusing to read the feedback. One person would write, “I can see how this UI would work great in a business environment, but it wouldn’t work on a home computer.” and the very next person would write “I can see how this UI would work great on a home computer, but it wouldn’t work in a business environment.”

有的时候，阅读用户的反馈也是很有意思的。可能有人会说，『以我所见，这套UI在商务环境里应用非常合适，但对家庭用户来说则不尽然』，然后下一则反馈可能就接着是，『以我所见，这套UI十分适合家庭环境使用，但在商务环境里大概会格格不入』。

(And interestingly, even though armchair usability experts claim that the “dumbed-down UI” is a hindrance, our studies showed that people were actually more productive with the so-called “dumb” UI. Armchair usability experts also claim that the Luna look is “too silly for serious business purposes”, but in reality it tested very well on the “looks professional” scale.)

（有趣的是，就算那些纸上谈兵的可用性专家们认为这种『简化得蠢爆了的UI』是一种障碍，但我们的研究表明在这种『蠢』UI时，人们反而更有生产效率。那些纸面专家同时还说过Luna的外观看上去『在商务环境里看上去像傻×一样』，然而实际上在『看上去很专业』的测试中Luna大获全胜。）

Aero is the code name for the Longhorn “look”. With Aero, the designers have turned an important corner. Now, when they show Aero to people, the reaction is, “Wow, this would be a great UI for me to use.”

Aero是Longhorn『外观』的代号。设计师们在设计Aero时做出了一些重大转变。如今，当他们向人们展示Aero时，人们的反映都是：『哇，我简直爱死这套UI了。』

People want Luna for others, but they want Aero for themselves.

人们总想把Luna推荐给别人，但却想把Aero留给自己。

（译注：全文看下来我也没什么感觉，只知道国内用户对Luna和Aero的观感大概就是两极分化的。）