“I am only a footnote, but proud of the footnote I have become. My subsequent work on eliciting principles and developing the theory of interface design, so that many people will be able to do what I did is probably also footnote-worthy. In looking back at this turn-of-the-century period, the rise of a worldwide network will be seen as the most significant part of the computer revolution.” PeopleAbleTurnsPrinciplesCenturyDesignTheoryRevolutionProudPeriodsComputerWorthySignificantDevelopingLooking BackInterfacesFootnotes Author:Jef Raskin
“Computers no longer interface with humans--they interact, and the interaction will become steadily deeper, more subtle, and more crucial to our collective sanity and ultimate survival.” HumansComputerSurvivalUltimateDeeperSubtleCollectivesSanityCrucialInteractionInterfaces Author:Alan Cooper
“It was one of those sort of apocalyptic moments. I remember within ten minutes of seeing the graphical user interface stuff, just knowing that every computer would work this way someday. It was so obvious once you saw it. It didn't require tremendous intellect. It was so clear.” WayMomentsRememberStuffKnowingClearSawsSeeingMinutesTenComputerObviousIntellectSomedayUsersApocalypticInterfacesUser Interface Author:Steve Jobs
“For thirty years most interface design, and most comptuer design, has been headed down the path of the "dramatic" machine. Its highest idea is to make a computer so exciting, so wonderful, so interesting, that we never want to be without it. A less-traveled path I call the "invisible"; its highest idea is to make a computer so imbedded, so fitting, so natural, that we use it without even thinking about it.” ThinkingWantYearsHas BeensIdeasUseNaturalInterestingPathWonderfulDesignComputerHighestMachinesExcitingInvisibleDramaticThirtyTraveledFittingThirty YearsInterfaces Author:Mark Weiser
“I am confident that we can do better than GUIs because the basic problem with them (and with the Linux and Unix interfaces) is that they ask a human being to do things that we know experimentally humans cannot do well. The question I asked myself is, given everything we know about how the human mind works, could we design a computer and computer software so that we can work with the least confusion and greatest efficiency?” KnowsMindHumansWellsProblemAsksGivenCan DoHuman BeingsDesignComputerConfusionHuman MindSoftwareEfficiencyLinuxInterfacesUnixComputer Software Author:Jef Raskin
“Computer science departments have always considered 'user interface' research to be sissy work.” ComputerResearchDepartmentUsersComputer ScienceInterfacesSissyUser Interface Author:Nicholas Negroponte
“In Japan, their written language doesn't translate to keyboards well. So they have problem communicating with computers, so they really feel that what's missing from telephones and computer interfaces is this ability to move around in three-space.” FeelsWellsProblemMovingThreeLanguageAbilitySpaceWrittenMissingComputerCommunicateJapanTranslateTelephonesKeyboardsInterfacesWritten Language Author:Howard Rheingold
“If there's any object in human experience that's a precedent for what a computer should be like, it's a musical instrument: a device where you can explore a huge range of possibilities through an interface that connects your mind and your body, allowing you to be emotionally authentic and expressive.” IfsShouldMindHumansBodyPossibilityObjectsHugeComputerInstrumentsMusicalYour BodyRangeDevicesAllowingHuman ExperienceExpressivePrecedentInterfacesMusical Instruments Author:Jaron Lanier