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Jef Raskin Gets $2 Million To Develop RCHI

Posted by timothy on from the fill-in-the-blank dept.

Dr Twox writes "The Raskin Center for Humane Interfaces has received a $2 million dollar boost from a multi-national corporation to further develop Jef Raskin's RCHI project, a radical new and simple to way interact with computers. Co-creator of the Macintosh and author of The Humane Interface, Raskin hopes to have RCHI finished within 18 months. "When you actually try it," says Jef. "It actually does what we say. We've got the goods." It's built with Python and SDL, so how long before someone ports this to *nix?"

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  1. Imagine by It+doesn't+come+easy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hm,dropalofthextraletersandwecouldimediatelycompre sfilesanaditionaltentotwentypercent(dospacescounta sleters?)

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    1. Re:Imagine by psetzer · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's an English version old German technique where, if you're writing some article, and are over the word-count, just take out spaces until it fits (aka Shaffungvonneuwurden or something along those lines)

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  2. Wait... by daveschroeder · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...he got funding from a multinational corporation?

    Aren't we supposed to, like, hate that, or something?

    1. Re:Wait... by koi88 · · Score: 3, Funny


      Why would you hate them, I thought they represented the American co

      See? He expressed only the slightest doubt, and they pulled the plug.
      Rest in peace, my friend.

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  3. Re:check out the Flash demo by mrtroy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Haha....impressive 8 meg link.

    Reminds me of a joke

    > Knock Knock!
    >>Who's there?
    >Slashdot

    hahhahahahahahahaha...im done

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  4. Re:radical, but not new by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Jeff = Jef
    Cannon = Canon

    Looks like someone needs to adjust the repeat rate on his keyboard.

  5. The Best UI Ever by DJDutcher · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think the best user interface ever has already been invented. Its called VI.

  6. Re:Needed most on /.? by mrjb · · Score: 2, Funny

    No man, you dont get it dude. With this lil' gizmo we're gonna be totally able to way interact with computers!

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  7. Re:check out the Flash demo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    it zooms in.

    it zooms out.

    meanwhile, an investor sees $2 million zoom into the distance, never to be seen again.

  8. But seriously by clf8 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Already a household name for his work on developing the Macintosh computer while one of Apple's first employees, Raskin has recently set his sights on a larger goal."

    Does anyone actually believe outside of the Slashdot world that Jef Raskin is a household name? Or even inside Slashdot, for that matter...

  9. Simple or just bad? by podperson · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think Raskin should get together with Ted Nelson and build a UI for Xanadu.