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Stealing UI ideas from movies is a really, really bad idea. Movie user interfaces generally have horrible usability. They're part of the reason that the early W
by kevinburke 16y ago
Stealing UI ideas from movies is a really, really bad idea. Movie user interfaces generally have horrible usability. They're part of the reason that the early Web had so many 3D interfaces and flashy graphics, because managers thought they looked cool even though no one could use them.
More here:
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/film-ui-bloopers.html http://www.useit.com/alertbox/film-ui-bloopers.html
- Hov 16y agoI always felt the tablets of today were inspired by devices used on such shows as star trek TNG.
- unwind 16y agoAmazing that such a reputable source includes the Jurrasic Park classic ("This is a Unix system. I know this") without also pointing out that the application shown in that scene is indeed a real program, FSN from Silicon Graphics. See http://www.siliconbunny.com/fsn-the-irix-3d-file-system-tool-from-jurassic-park/ http://www.siliconbunny.com/fsn-the-irix-3d-file-system-tool... for more information. With that in mind, I don't think it's at all unreasonable that a 12-year old drops the distinction between "a Silicon Graphics system" and "Unix". Of course, it might be a bit beside the point to nag about factual problems in a movie about reborn dinosaurs. :)
- rbanffy 16y agoObviously, any SGI geek would say "This is IRIX. I know this". ;-) No self-respecting Unix hacker (or an IRIX one) would navigate through a filesystem using FSN.