The Humane Environment (Desktop Environments)

The Humane Environment Sites:

osOpinion: Raskin on 'Raskin on OS X' osOpinion: Raskin on 'Raskin on OS X': Summary of newspaper story, useful forum comments. [Linux Today] (The Humane Environment) http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-02-09-010-04-OP-OO The Humane Interface The Humane Interface: 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] (The Humane Environment) http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/12/2259254 Down With GUIs! Down With GUIs!: By Jef Raskin. GUIs are not human-compatible. As long as we hang on to interfaces as we now know them, computers will remain inherently frustrating, upsetting, and stressful. [Wired 1.06] (The Humane Environment) http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.06/1.6_guis.html The Humane Environment The Humane Environment: Brief announcement of first release, but with over 50 forum comments. [OSNews.com] (The Humane Environment) http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2445 The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems: Descriptions, reviews, purchase source. [Amazon.com] (The Humane Environment) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201379376 Raleigh News & Observer: Keeping Interface Simple Raleigh News & Observer: Keeping Interface Simple: Summary of newspaper story, useful forum comments. [Linux Today] (The Humane Environment) http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-02-20-009-26-OS-DT-SW Jef Raskin Jef Raskin: Official site about author of The Humane Interface. The most thorough site about THE, The Humane Environment. Many writings on diverse topics, manual, specification, screenshot, bug list, CVS, downloads. [Open Source, GPL] (The Humane Environment) http://humane.sourceforge.net/home/ THE Key to User-Friendly Computers? THE Key to User-Friendly Computers?: 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] (The Humane Environment) http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2003/tc20030122_7027.htm Keeping Interface Simple Keeping Interface Simple: By Paul Gilster. When Jef Raskin talks about computers, it pays to listen. Raskin has spent his career thinking about how to make computing easier. Balanced, positive explanation of THE. [Raleigh News & Observer] (The Humane Environment) http://www.newsobserver.com/business/technology/gilster/2003/story/1258501p-7371284c.html