How to see whom I am at war with???

[Cainehill]

Peter Ebbesen said:
Nobody, but nobody, enjoys writing UI code* Even fewer enjoy changing it or rewriting it except in the direst circumstances with the clearest benefits.


* Counterexamples are rumoured to exist, but until an actual sighting has been made they will be assumed non-existent.

I'm fond of doing UI code myself, especially using the UI libraries I've written. One very nice thing about doing user interface is that you get instant gratification: you can immediately see the improvements you've made, or test and find that no, something you thought was a good idea wasn't really.

And, trivial amounts of work can give large amounts of user satisfaction / reward. A Dom2 example would be moving Laboratory to the top of the list of commanders in the equiping screen's list.

[Arryn]

Caine: I wholehearted agree with what you say in regards to the gratification derived from UI coding. Network coding (ick!), for example, lacks the same visceral qualities.

Another example of some UI-related Dom 2 coding that would garner vast amounts of user appreciation is the much-mentioned-and-desired ability to find which commander has what magical doohickey.