Re: The Repulsive Design of the 89

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Re: The Repulsive Design of the 89

When Today's Date Was Thu, 11 Mar 1999 00:00:19 -0500, A Magical Being Known as
wrote
"Steve" <redled@peakaccess.net>

|Does anyone else find the unnecessary 'curviness' of the 89 case repulsive?

I think it looks awesome, I stared at it in awe the first time.

|This applies to all the newer TI calcs. What is wrong with straight lines?

They aren't aesthetically pleasing.

I
|especially dont' like the curved bottom. If you want to prop the 89 up,
|there's no flat surface to rest on. And why?

What?

 And how about the meaningless
|dip in the display area below the menu keys?

Maybe: The screen needs more space because it's more enhanced.

What is that for? And why have
|that whole dark area around the display?

To make the screen more aparent, you know light foreground against dark
background:
fundamental concept of ART I.

To show that the display is
|different from the rest of the calc?

So it's easier to read.

We can see that already, don't need it
|shoved down our throats.

What the hell? You act like they are mocking us, it's just a calculator man.

The 81-82-85 cases were simpler, less distracting.

How you figure?

|So they wanted to change something for the new series, but not all change is
|good.

I disagree.

 There are three principles at work : creation, preservation, and
|destruction. change exists in the first and the last, but often change for
|the sake of change is just destruction. It is only controlled, purposeful
|change that gives rise to creation.  And once something is created, if it's
|good you don't change it, you preserve it.  So in my opinion if something is
|to be changed it must have a PURPOSE. Let me state it this way:
|
|                      1. Change for the sake of change = destruction.
|
|                      2. Change with purpose and utility = creation.
|
|That is, each change must justify itself by providing something other than
|itself alone.  If this is done then by definition creation has taken place.
|   If however the change provides nothing but the change itself, then by
|definition the only thing that has happened is the destruction of that which
|was changed.

Of course this also provides the the birth of something new:

No. The TI-89 was 'changed' with purpose and utility. The buttons have been
rounded so
they can provide less tension on the fingers, use an 89 for a month, then go
back to the
83: It's very hard. The whole thing was rounded so as to provide aesthetic
pleasure, and
thus increase the appeal, and thusly sales, of the calculator.

The Rahat
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