It has been my belief for some time that we are caught in old tired rules for user interaction, click the left or right mouse button, drag and drop, drag select and of course double click. All the these actions have been around since the 80's, meanwhile, the computing power we have at our disposal has gone through the roof and the amount and type of data we work with has moved grown even more.
Something has to change, the old techniques we used in the 80's and 90's were fine then but they really don't address the problems of today. Now, I'm not saying computer interaction is being ignored, far from it, it's just that lots of the work is really variations on and existing theme.
It is because of all of this that I find this work so refreshing. Watch the videos on the both pages, it gives you some idea of how you can interact with large and complex data sets. Sure, a lot of this is very experimental and doesn't address many aspects of today's computer use but it is a step forward.
I look forward to seeing where this goes and what influence it has on the industry in the coming years.
1 comment:
Well written article.
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