[HN Gopher] A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design (2011)
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       A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design (2011)
        
       Author : yarapavan
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2024-10-14 16:18 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | big-green-man wrote:
       | I like this perspective and I share it. It frustrates me to watch
       | the initial Demo of Apple's concept of a touch oriented computer,
       | seeing multi touch demonstrated, moving objects around, and to
       | sit here typing this on something like it, except it's one finger
       | at a time and multitouch was dumbed down into pinch to zoom and
       | little else. I can't stand the fact that almost all computer
       | interfaces outside smartphones are interacted with using only the
       | right wrist and index finger. The future is what we have now but
       | transparent, what we have now with no bezels, what we have now
       | but made of disposable paper, what we have now but the size of a
       | table. It's just not compelling to me.
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       | And it's because it's hard imagining a completely new way of
       | interacting with computing technology. People that are able to do
       | that don't get paid script writers salaries, they get paid Steve
       | Jobs salaries. And they are worth billions to organizations
       | capable of making them a reality.
        
       | seism wrote:
       | When I am forced to use a phone or tablet of a brand and size I'm
       | not used to, everything seems wonky and out of place. Yet I can
       | adapt to a different brand and size of car in a few minutes.
       | Replacing tactile memory with skeuomorphism, is like a prosthetic
       | arm that can extend 10m to replace your sickly feely biological
       | one. I'm always up for advocating for more arts & crafts as part
       | of interaction design.
        
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