When your GUI isn't the whole input language
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I spent a week of my life on where a button should go. I don't think I'll do that again, and it took porting a benchmark tool to work out why. Let me concede the obvious thing first, because otherwise it's the only thing anyone will want to talk about: GUIs are still input devices. Direct manipulation, menus, palettes, keyboard shortcuts, drag targets, accessibility affordances — all input, all irreplaceable. I'm not arguing for chat-instead-of-UI. Command palettes, scripting and macro systems…
1Key Takeaways
- I spent a week of my life on where a button should go.
- I don't think I'll do that again, and it took porting a benchmark tool to work out why.
- Let me concede the obvious thing first, because otherwise it's the only thing anyone will want to talk about: GUIs are still input devices.
- Direct manipulation, menus, palettes, keyboard shortcuts, drag targets, accessibility affordances — all input, all irreplaceable.
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