팜의 수석 디자이너 구글로 이직
Mobile 2010. 6. 1. 23:05 |팜의 수석 디자이너 Matias Duarte가 구글로 자리를 옮긴다고
HP에 인수 발표가 된지 얼마 되지 않아 벌써부터 팜의 인력 유출이
시작되었다고 볼 수 있겠다.
팜의 WebOS의 UI를 담당했던 Matias가 구글로 옮김으로써 WebOS의
힘은 그만큼 떨어지고 구글로서는 안드로이드의 부족한 UI를 보강할 수 있게 되었다.
사람 한명의 능력에 크게 좌우되는 것이 이쪽 일이다 보니 이런 인력에 대한
관리가 어느때보다 중요한데 HP로서는 비싼돈 들여서 인수를 했는데 껍데기만
가지는 최악의 결과를 맞을 수도 있을 듯
From : http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/05/27/palm-loses-their-lead-webos-designer-to-the-google-android-team-others-may-follow/
In what may very well be considered the geekiest sort of fandom possible, I consider myself a fan of Matias Duarte. As I’ve written before: “Wherever this guy goes, awesome user interfaces follow.” He and his team at Danger built a tremendously usable interface for the Sidekick, his work at Helio (especially the stuff that went to waste at the end, never to be seen by the public eye) was incredible, and then.. then there was webOS.
Say what you will about the Palm Pre and Pixi from a hardware standpoint, but the software that runs on’em is pure user interface gold. That’s largely because of the work of Matias and his team. Alas, Palm just lost Matias to the lil’ green robot that could: Android. Google has confirmed to AllThingsD that Matias is joining them as the Android team’s User Experience Director.
Score one for Google.
This talent acquisition could be incredibly important for the folks in Mountain View. Android has a lot of fantastic selling points, but its user interface has never, ever been one of those. Since day 1, users (and nay-sayers) have been vehemently complaining about the interface. It is — and I say this as a pretty huge fan of the platform — rather ugly, and far from intuitive. (Every time I speak to someone who just got their Android phone within the last few days, its the same story: showing them how to reveal the (very important) notification bar results in wide eyes and gaping maws, as if I’d revealed the key to time travel. That’s not good.)
And what does this mean for Palm? Given their recent buyout by HP, it’s probably a bit of a mixed bag. HP has their own team of designers — failing that, they’ve got the money to hire replacements. No matter how talented said replacements may be, though, it’s an uphill battle. webOS has very finely tuned design messages; throw a new cook in the kitchen, and half of their work will be learning the old cook’s recipes.
Making things worse, Matias doesn’t generally roam from company to company alone. When he left Danger for Helio, he brought members of his team. When he left Helio for Palm, he brought members of his team. When he leaves, a good chunk of his team tends to go with. Neither Palm nor Google has confirmed any shifts beyond Matias; with that said, I wouldn’t be surprised if Palm lost 2-3 more designers to Google in the coming weeks, if they haven’t already.
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