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Making Computing More Human-Centered
buzzdecafe writes "Interesting article in InfoWorld about the future of interface technologies, e.g. pointing your finger to move files around, etc. The story focuses on MIT's Project Oxygen, which aims to make computing more anthro-centric. (Check out the Visual Interaction stuff.)" We've written about Project Oxygen before.
As an Anthro-American, it's high time we had better access to them new-fangled corm-puters. I bought an Apple Macintosh, took it home, and all it did was sit there looking snide.
Don't anthropomorphize computers, they don't like it.
What if you gave your computer the finger would it get upset and crash :-)
Use your finger to move the mouse cursor, you must.
Efren Belizario
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Re, What if the interface "thinks" that you're going to attempt to load one program, when in reality...
The ONE new feature I would like best on my computer is for it to know what I mean when I say "Stop! No! I didn't mean that!"
If we're not careful, we might accidentally make Americans exercise.
Our local weatherman can move entire hurricanes around with a wave of his hand.
Or is that MIT page just an overblown dramatic way of saying, "Hey! We're doing usability testing!"
Somebody once said that the only intuitive interface was the nipple. Everything after that had to be learned.
If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
I've been able to know about the next windows BUI (Body User Interface), directly from their ultra secret research labs!
First of all, the next windows version will not recognise keyboards, mice, touchpads etc., as they're obsolete devices, that the new generation of win-users should gladly forget.
Of course, a virtual keyboard will be included for compatibility issues, only it will be hidden, so that the average user will never be able to find it.
The hardware device used in this interface will be a full set of position sensor that the user should put on his body, each of them connected to the computer via his own wire; user will have to stand in front of a huge monitor and move all of his body to send commands.
The software interface will be an unlimited 3d space, of course, with an avatar of each user connected to the system ad well as small 3d "icons" of each program available: users will have to grab the icon to launch the program, or to kick them to see an alternate menu (right click-like) or to hit them with the head to select them for other reasons.
Common windows commands will have their shortcuts, with a triple somersault being "shutdown", scratching your armpit being "close" and of course what on some unices is called three fingers salute will be achieved with one (the) finger only, and will allow you to log in, to log out, to check for unstable programs, to shutdown, etc. etc.
Resistance is futile. :)