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Microsoft Hires GUI 'Design Guru'

Posted by Zonk on from the less-shiny-more-sense dept.

overpayd writes "ZDnet is reporting that Microsoft has hired 'user interface guru' Bill Buxton to work as a senior researcher. Will this move help focus the design teams for Vista, Office, etc? From the article: 'My sense is that Microsoft is in transition from an engineering-led company to as much a design-led company ... There are more designers at Microsoft on any single team as there were, not too long ago, in the entire company. It's a wonderful change.'"

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  1. Re:bad slashdot! by BushCheney08 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...he is a human-machine interaction guru.

    So he's an expert in robosex, eh?

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  2. Re:bad slashdot! by R3d+M3rcury · · Score: 5, Funny

    "[...] his own page, which was linked to from the article, states that he will be working at Microsoft Research."

    Well, then, Mr. Buxton, let me be the first person to welcome you to Apple.

    (Sorry. Couldn't resist.)

  3. Re:bad slashdot! by IAmTheDave · · Score: 4, Funny

    No no, he was hired for Microsoft's next Windows release - Windows 2014, codename Windows "Hang on, we're coming..."

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  4. Re:bad slashdot! by Altus · · Score: 5, Funny


    Thats it! Im catching the next Pimpmobile out of here!

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