February 12, 2001
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The Interface Revolutionary
A lightweight, but interesting interview with Jef Raskin covering some of his opinions on new interface design and how users adapt. Interestingly, and quite coincidentally, he reiterates some of the same feelings I mentioned last week regarding Microsoft’s adaptive interfaces.
“Adaptive interfaces are a disaster. When an interface “adapts,” it changes without warning, and you suddenly have a new interface where things work differently or the menus are mixed up. Windows 2000 has some adaptive features, and every user report I’ve seen says that they are a nuisance.”
See? I knew it wasn’t just me.
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