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Edward Tufte Weighs In on Apple's iPhone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the word-from-on-high dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Via Daring Fireball, a post from design guru Edward Tufte's site discusses his views on the interface used by the Apple iPhone. The post includes a video presentation by Tufte on the subject of video resolution on the phone. His argument is primarily that while the iPhone does a lot of things very well, Apple hasn't quite realized the platform's full potential by making screen real estate all it could be. "

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  1. Re:Design decisions vs. 20/20 hindsight by Knuckles · · Score: 3, Informative
    Besides, it's always easier to critique someone else's work than create something novel yourself.

    Did you read on below the video?

    In 1994-1995 I designed (while consulting for IBM) screen mock-ups for navigating through the National Gallery via information kiosks. [...]

    The design ideas here include high-resolution touch-screens; minimizing computer admin debris; spatial distribution of information rather than temporal stacking; complete integration of text, images, and live video; a flat non-hierarchical interface; and replacing spacious icons with tight words. [...]

    The mock-ups are included, too.
    --
    "When I first heard Daydream Nation it quite frankly scared the living shit out of me." -- Matthew Stearns
  2. Mirror by Aaron+Isotton · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.edwardtufte.com.nyud.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00036T&topic_id=1