The original Powers of Ten video (by Charles and Ray Eames) is still the definitive version. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes this web version.
The original is one continuous zoom, from human-scale, all the way out, then al the way in, down to sub-atomic particles. There is narration and various clues to scale, which helps a lot.
It is a landmark film and holds up very well after all these years.
A telephone's user interface is simple compared to a TiVo. With a telephone, all the user needs to input is a number to locate the other party. A TiVo has a databse built in, with random access to media.
The complexity of the system is not the same as the complexity of the user interface.
Are you really suggesting that the ultimate TiVo user interface would only require the user to input a nine digit number now and then?
Comparing a computer's user interface to a telephone is like comparing a stop sign and the New York Times for legibility.
Slashdot Mirror
The original Powers of Ten video (by Charles and Ray Eames) is still the definitive version. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes this web version.
The original is one continuous zoom, from human-scale, all the way out, then al the way in, down to sub-atomic particles. There is narration and various clues to scale, which helps a lot.
It is a landmark film and holds up very well after all these years.
SCO?
The display supports 1920x1200, but both graphics cards available only support 1600x1200, according to Dell's own pages.
What gives?
by my calcs this works out to over a billion $ per acre. it sure seems high to me. do you have a source? it's facinating if true.
But, but --
A telephone's user interface is simple compared to a TiVo. With a telephone, all the user needs to input is a number to locate the other party. A TiVo has a databse built in, with random access to media.
The complexity of the system is not the same as the complexity of the user interface.
Are you really suggesting that the ultimate TiVo user interface would only require the user to input a nine digit number now and then?
Comparing a computer's user interface to a telephone is like comparing a stop sign and the New York Times for legibility.