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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'. "

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  1. The four corners of Mac OS X... by shawnce · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just to clarify what is built into Mac OS X by default...

    In Mac OS X, built into Mac OS X 10.4, you can trigger any of the following from any of the four corners of the main screen.

    1) Expose - All Windows
    2) Expose - Application Windows
    3) Expose - Desktop
    4) Dashboard
    5) Start Screen Saver
    6) Disable Screen Saver

    Also on the main display (the one with the menu bar) you can slam the mouse into either of the upper two corners and click. On Mac OS X 10.4 the upper left corner brings up the "Apple" menu and the upper right corner brings up "Spotlight". The later allows typing for spotlight search without having to click to gain focus.