GUIs for Everyone

An anonymous submitter writes: "A former Microsoft and Creative Labs interface designer has an interesting diatribe on the approach of Linux GUIs on the desktop. Thomas Krul has three Microsoft patents for human factors research into digital interfaces and graphic software functionality. Probably most known for the interface work he had done on Softimage DS and its web site. Though not a technical read, it does provide an interesting note on the approach for Linux on the desktop." And headless_ringmaster notes that Jef Raskin, the guy who designed the first Macintosh and author of The Humane Interface, has a SourceForge project putting his ideas into action.

Mmm...

[PissingInTheWind]

I'd rather not trust an "interface designer" that publish green text on gray background...

Re:Might he be onto something?

[Sloppy]

When I was in grad school, I did a paper on the Windows interface from an end-user design perspective, and it sucks.

That's too bad. I hope you someday find the time to go back and revise your paper until it doesn't suck. ;-)

Re:Wrong again, partly

[uberdave]

A Deltic is an old british deisel-electric locomotive. As it is generally difficult for locomotives to type, he asks for understanding regarding the occasional typo.

Re:Windows and the Hidden CLI

[keesh]

"This PC comes with Command Line Interface Technology!"

That wouldn't be a good idea, someone would be bound to make an acronym out of it. Okay, making Linux sound sexy may be a good thing, but you're taking it too far...