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Jef Raskin Talks Skins

Posted by Hemos on from the no-not-drums dept.

gwernol writes "Jef Raskin, one of the original Mac design team and a distinguished figure in the world of user interface design has given an interesting interview over on OS Opinion. He talks about the tradeoff between interface consistency and customizability, and particularly the impact of skinnable applications on usability. Interesting reading, including some harsh words for "guru UI designers" like Steve Jobs..."

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  1. Eat my cockcheese, KLERCK! by Serial+Troller · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    • 2002. Slashdot publishes 1,000,000th rumor passed off as actual story. The story generates 480 comments, 263 of which agree with the article, and 107 of which point out its a rumor and are modded down as redundant. The remaining comments are all first posts.
    • 2002. CmdrTaco married to Kathleen Fent. Many geeks believe Kathleen, a purported transvestite, outmeasures CmdrTaco.
    • 2002. Slashdot parent corporation VA Research^W Linux^W Software stock worth 35 cents. Rumors that AOL, Microsoft, or even Jimmy the hobo who lives under the Longfellow Bridge may buy it.
    • 2003. VA Software bought by Microsoft for a cup of coffee and a donut. All Microsoft-critical articles mysteriously disappear from Slashdot. Bill Gates as Borg logo replaced with Bill Gates as God.
    • 2003. Papperatzi videos of Miguel de Icaza caught going down on Bill Gates in his private yacht spread across Usenet. Miguel swears that recent decisions to rename the Gnome desktop to Windows NT 6.0 have nothing to do with it.
    • 2004. CmdrTaco loses virginity.
    • 2004. The WIPO Troll returns again, showering Slashdot in 45,000 copies of the same post: Lick my crotch hairs. Slashdot, despite running on 18 redundant IIS/8.0 servers, buckles under the load. The term Slashdotted is replaced with WIPO-Trolled.
    • 2004. Slashdot officially shut down. Millions of screaming, unwashed geeks invade Redmond campus and lynch Bill Gates.
    • 2005. Linus Torvalds and Anal Cox found dead along with six penguins, an empty tub of crisco and several used condoms. Millions of screaming, unwashed geeks invade Redmond campus and lynch Steve Ballmer.
    • 2005. CmdrTaco rumored to have had sex again.
    • 2006. CowboiKneel found dead in hotel room with 56 pizza boxes covering his bloated corpse. Three suffocated gay prostitutes are extracted from beneath his body as police remove it with a backhoe.
    • 2007. CmdrTaco actually has sex again. With a woman.
    • 2007. BSD is still officially dying. No word on when its demise will take place.
    • 2007. CmdrTaco starts new weblog to replace Slashdot, creatively named Dotslash. Remainder of Linux users flock to the site and immediate WIPO-Troll it out of existence.
    • 2008. CmdrTaco has sex with his wife for the first time.
    • 2009. After years of living under the heel of his domineering wife, and being deprived of the homosexual orgies of the past, CmdrTaco commits suicide. Another sweaty geek mob gathers and tears Kathleen Fent to shreds. Geeks discover Ms. Fent was indeed a woman, but dont exactly know what that means. Driven by their sexually-repressed rage, they subsequently invade Redmond again and lynch the current CEO of Microsoft, Miguel de Icaza.
    • 2010. Microsoft is blamed for the assassination of Richard Stallman. Redmond invasions by geek hordes become commonplace.
    • 2011. Microsoft campus burnt to the ground by screaming, unwashed geek mob after Microsoft is blamed when a Linux hacker in Cambridge, Massachusetts spills his coffee on his pants.
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    STOP ME BEFORE I POST AGAIN!

  2. Be disappointed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Be let down here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here...

  3. Re:klerck talks page widening posts by RMSIsAnIdiot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    do you even fucking realize that the slashdot editors, whether you know it or not, are encouraging page widening posts? since they all use that piece of monkey shit mozilla under linux they are not affected. you are making life bad for the rest of us. fuck off.

    that is all.

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  4. Oh, yes... by Perdition · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can see paying for this. Indeed.

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    Windows XP SP2 told me to install third-party software that prevents viruses and protects stability... I chose Ubuntu
  5. Re:I was quite impressed... by RMSIsAnIdiot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are you denying the existance of God?

    How can you say that Jobs invented the Macintosh Apple?

    Are you confused? Or just German?

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  6. HolyMac by thecarson · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is a little offtopic but it's mac-related and damn is it funny.

  7. Re:an incorrect assumption? by Andorion · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Suuure... you're just trying to double up on Karma points so your monthly subscription cost is reduced!

    -Ando

  8. Re:an incorrect assumption? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't mention it! Instead of having only one redundant post, now you have one redundant post and one offtopic post. But somehow moderators prefer to mod down stuff that is already at 0, so you might be safe with your crap at +2.

  9. Tit action by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Christ, I love tits! I like to lick them, rub them, and fuck them. That chick Sarah on Survivor this year, I would love to rub my cock up and down her tits till she comes all over my sister's face. I would love a Sarah and mom tit sandwich for my cock. Rubbing it up and down, in and out. Then I could cum all over my dad's ass. Spooge it real well. I'd close my eyes and pretend it is John Katz. Then I would lick it all up, and if I got lucky Katz, er my dad, would shit all over my face. Then I could have Sarah lick shit of my face while I jerk off again. After that I would shove my dick up my sister's ass, just fuck it like I owned it. I'd make her eat my shit, and make her eat her own shit. Just shove it right up her nose! I'd make her eat my mom's cunt while smearing shit all over her mouth and her cunt. Then I'd have the dog fuck her ass. Then blow the dog till it cums, and spit it up my dad's ass. Then I would fuck his ass till it bled, then make my mom lap up the blood/cum liquid and spit it into my sister's pussy so I could give her some good head. I would fuck her so hard.... Then I'd fuck my mom.... need a free hand now.....

    ahhhh, baby, that was nice!