Brief news story, and forum comments in great abundance, more than usual. Many varied opinions. [Slashdot]
Book review of The Human Interface: New Directions for Interface Design, by Jef Raskin, and the usual mass of forum comments. Many varied opinions. [Slashdot]
Brief announcement of first THE (Archy) release, with over 50 forum comments. [OSNews.com]
By Jef Raskin; Addison-Wesley, 2000, ISBN 0201379376. Guide to interactive system design, reflects author experience and vision, shows many extant interfaces are dead ends, making computers easier to use needs new approaches. [publisher website]
By Alex Salkever. Raskin helped design Apple's classic user interface. He is working on a new system that could be a big improvement. Brief accessible analysis. [BusinessWeek]
Summary of newspaper story, useful forum comments. [Linux Today]
Summary of newspaper story, useful forum comments. [Linux Today]
By Jef Raskin. Article stressing that GUIs are not human-compatible. As long as we hang on to interfaces as we now know them, computers will remain inherently frustrating, upsetting, stressful. [Wired 1.06]
Official site advancing the work of the author of The Humane Interface. Most complete site on Archy, was THE, The Humane Environment. Also writings on diverse topics, manual, specification, screenshot, bug list, CVS, downloads. [Open Source, GPL]
Interview of Aza Raskin on THE (Archy), and his father Jef. [ACM: Ubiquity]
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