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Originally Posted by geekmaster
"Functional" and "pretty" are not the same thing. Usability studies are not beauty contests. That is why you let the user spend his first two weeks playing with the GUI customization options before he gets down to the serious uses of the app. After he invests time in customizing it, it becomes his OWN design and that makes it a LOT harder for him to criticize. 
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That sounds like a good approach to design the UI for an Industrial Milling Machine, but this is a tablet. People don't need a tablet, you have to make them want a tablet. You need design elements that can surprise and delight, not settle for adequately functional. I buy tools and appliances that are adequately functional, the bar is much higher for toys.