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Tactile the Future of GUI?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-its-a-theory-anyway dept.

aaronvegh writes "Slashdot readers have been griping a lot lately about the lack of an alternative to the desktop GUI. In his latest Alertbox column, Jakob Nielson (love him or hate him) is proposing that tactile, phsyical interfaces will be the next evolution in how we interact with machines. An interesting read, and a relief from the tired "the desktop GUI is dead, and we'll replace it with....uh....""

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  1. Re:Jesus CHRIST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Joke or not, I agree with what you're saying. (Yes that's why I post it as AC.)
    This homepage is not any better in usability than many others I've seen, and this one doesn't even look good to compensate for that! Yeah I'm a troll or flamebait if you moderators think that... still want to remind you that expressing an opinion can hardly be trolling.