The Z Series was the first major departure from ThinkPad design in along time. Not only did we introduce the first widescreen ThinkPad, butwe offered an authentic Titanium cover option. The Z Series alsoincluded a seemingly subtle change in design direction for the ThinkPadkeyboard: we removed the colored stripes from the Trackpoint buttons.We did this not to save a penny or two, but to visually simplify theinterior. We didn’t get any negative feedback on that change, so wechose to roll the update across the entire product family. Since thensome people have told us they miss the stripes, others haven’t evennoticed.
Z系列是ThinkPad设计历史上的首次重大变化。它不仅是我们的首款宽屏ThinkPad，同时还有可选的钛合金背盖。同时Z系列的键盘也有一些微秒的变化：从TrackPoint按钮上去除了红蓝色条。我们这么做不是为了省俩小钱，而是希望简化视觉效果。Z系列推出后我们没有收到对此变化任何负面的反馈，于是我们把这个变化推进到ThinkPad所有产品线。尽管那时候开始有人说他们怀念那些红蓝色条，更多的人却几乎没有注意到这个变化。
Oddly enough the stripes really provide very little utility. Originallythey were intended to visually link the red TrackPoint cap to thebuttons that do the clicking. In 1992 this seemed important, today theneed is perhaps questionable. Or is it?
很奇怪的是，红蓝色条实际上并没有提供什么功用。当初设计它们的用意在于为了在视觉上和小红帽对应（以引导用户——这个按钮和小红帽是配合使用的）。在1992年，这种提示是非常重要的，而在当今，这种设计就相当令人质疑，不是吗？
Now we are reconsidering this change, perhaps we went too far insimplifying the interior. Although the utility can be argued, thefamiliarity is also important for a brand so strongly connected to it’sdesign as ThinkPad.
现在我们在反思这个变化，也许我们在简化视觉这一点上走得偏了一点。尽管功用性是很重要的一点，但是保持用户对产品的熟悉对一个品牌来说同样重要，尤其是对ThinkPad。
I’d love to get your feedback on this topic. We’ve included a new poll to make this easier.
我希望能够得到大家对此问题的反馈。我们已经设置好了一个投票，静候大家意见。
发表于 2007-7-28 21:34
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