“By 2020 the terms ‘interface’ and ‘user’ will be obsolete as computers merge ever closer with humans,” is the first sentence of a short article on the BBC News site.
Interesting read over at ‘putting people first’: Microsoft Research and the future of human computer interaction
Somehow, I’m sure, in 2020, as it has been all along, Microsoft’s user interfaces will still be 5 year-old rip-offs of superior human interface designs from companies like Apple…
Apr 3rd, 2008 / 12:53 pm
If the quality of their research is on par with their product introductions, the “The Wow Starts Now.”
http://studiosmith.blogspot.com/2008/03/microsoft-moment-vistawow-starts-now.html
Apr 3rd, 2008 / 11:13 pm