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Top 8 Reasons HCI is in its Stone Age

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the some-of-this-is-debatable dept.

UltimaGuy writes "This Editorial describes 8 reasons why HCI (Human Computer Interaction) is in its stone age. It laments about screen corners, filesystem, GUI Design and also 'spatialness'. "

4 of 547 comments (clear)

  1. Ultimate HCI format by DigiShaman · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Find a computer geek

    2. Yell and beat the computer geek into submission to do your computer work.

    3. The geek does the interfacing with the PC and not you.

    4...profit?

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  2. The ideas were ok... by RandomCoil · · Score: 4, Funny
    But I don't trust documents on "usability" that employ
    "<<" and ">>"
    in non-standard ways. Anyway, the first reply to the post was, perhaps, the most appropriate:

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  3. Screaming for a joke by saddino · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet you my bunny the former Soviet union could have designed a better operating system GUI than any of the software vendors of today.

    Yes, but then the User Interface would be controlling us.

  4. Re:Why does /. even link to this? by Otter · · Score: 4, Funny
    You sir, have failed. You just sent it to a blind musician, not a deaf one.

    I think the assumption is that Stevie Wonder will then forward it to Beethoven.

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