Gavin Nelsonthe Apple Human Interface Guidelines from 1987 is full of little gold nuggets:
> People aren't trying to use computers—they're trying to get their jobs done.
another classic from the 1987 HIG that made me think of @rmondello's classic "best feature apple ever made" feature:
> Users rely on recognition, not recall; they shouldn't have to remember anything the computer already knows.
Metafrastis@gn @rmondello I love it, thanks for pointing to the document. I think the following paragraph will be relevant when Apple releases the VR device:
An interface is not merely a visual display—in fact, it's possible to have an interface with no visual display at all. A human interface is the sum of all communication between the computer and the user. It's what presents information to the user and accepts information from the user. It's what actually puts the computer's power into the user's hands.
An interface is not merely a visual display—in fact, it's possible to have an interface with no visual display at all. A human interface is the sum of all communication between the computer and the user. It's what presents information to the user and accepts information from the user. It's what actually puts the computer's power into the user's hands.
Jeffy 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇺🇦 ❤️🇱🇺@gn @rmondello Sounds like Tog.
toolbear#🪧@gn
I wonder if the late Jef Raskin had a hand in that. His "The Humane Interface" had quite a formative impression on me.
The rest is a digression…
I still want to put some of his ZUI ideas into action. Most zooming UI / UX stuff is barely past the gimmick stage.
fALk@gn didn´t age well 😂
Jan
Fabs*@jan Do you have a link for the Mas OS X 10.0 (Cheetah) 2001? or close to that? I would love to have that first Aqua style guidelines. 🙏
Paul@gn Absolutely. Wiggling my mouse over a notification yesterday trying to get the options button to show up. Computers are supposed to make it easier to get things done, but in a quest for minimalism, who is the UI actually serving?
Andrew Hinton@gn @notsidney one thing I love about those guidelines is they aren’t just about pixels and buttons … they’re about humans and how technology needs to form itself to fit humans
@gn this sounds so near to Jobs to be done theory of Clay Christensen. People aren’t buying an electric drill, they’re hiring for a hole on the wall
Full Report Below@gn This was such a good book. I loaned it to a fellow psychology student … never to get it back
Joshua Newton@gn this still holds up. Impressive.
JP Roberts@gn that’s a great book. I still have mine.
Joe Pasqua@gn Gosh, that’s a blast from the past. It reminds me a bit of Theodore Levitt’s quote: “People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole.”
Jan D@bitsplusatoms @gn
I always find it super helpful until I notice that they do not want a hole, but a hanger; not a hanger, but their stuff put away neatly, not to…
I always find it super helpful until I notice that they do not want a hole, but a hanger; not a hanger, but their stuff put away neatly, not to…
victor tsaran
Rafael Schmitt@gn As opposed to me who’s definitely just trying to use computers as much as possible 😛