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The Humane Environment, THE, is a scaleable interface for computers. It has many ergonomically determined productivity and usability advantages over conventional WIMP GUIs: Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pull down menus; Graphic User Interfaces. It is open source...
This page was last updated on October 9th, 2008
The Humane Environment (from Desktop Environments)
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Raleigh News & Observer: Keeping Interface SimpleRaleigh News & Observer: Keeping Interface Simple
Summary of newspaper story, useful forum comments. [Linux Today]
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 Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive SystemsThe Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
By Jef Raskin; Addison-Wesley, 2000, ISBN 0201379376. Guide to interactive system design, reflects author experience and vision, shows many extant interfaces are dead ends, making computers easier to use needs new approaches. [publisher website]
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 InterfaceThe 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]
Jef RaskinJef 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]
Keeping Interface SimpleKeeping 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 EnvironmentThe Humane Environment
Brief news story, and forum comments in great abundance, more than usual. Many varied opinions. [Slashdot]
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]

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