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I don't intend to be mean but this is technological fetishism. The HIDs that currently define the computer being talked about here are simply attempts to fit th

I don't intend to be mean but this is technological fetishism. The HIDs that currently define the computer being talked about here are simply attempts to fit the device to the environment and purpose for which it is used. Screens, mouse, trackpad, keyboard are all simply the best we can do with current limitations. These limitations are felt more in some domains than in others. If your domain is writing then the typewriter does feel like a natural ideal for what a computer should be and a keyboard is a natural successor. If instead you are a 3D artist then the form of a typewriter becomes antithesis to how you want to interact with your computer and even the best peripheral options we have are inadequate. I look forward to a time when the limitations of screen and keyboard are obsolete. When I can move freely through space and populate that space with shapes, images, text, scenes unbounded by tiny rectangles. Where I can interact with that overlay by conversing with it, touching it, wielding all manner of physical and virtual tools. I'll carefully place my old keyboard on the shelf beside the typewriter and will only take it down to use it from time to time out of nostalgia.

yetihehe 4y ago
> Where I can interact with that overlay by conversing with it, touching it, wielding all manner of physical and virtual tools. And if I want to listen to one radio channel or song without switching it (or opening garage doors), will I have to stand still in the middle of the room?
- throwaway4aday 4y ago
  This is a non-sensical reply to me but I'll answer anyways. I think the ideal interface for this already exists, you just say "Play [song] by [artist]" and the song starts playing.
  - yetihehe 4y ago
    This was reply inspired by some description I think I've read in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Voice interfaces are not yet perfect, have problems with understanding users and could misinterpret some sentences spoken to other people as spoken to it. Also when you have interfaces everywhere, you risk stumbling on and activating some controls you didn't even know exist, common troupe in films where someone presses one button and everything in a room goes crazy, along with shaking bed. My reply was not directed at you specifically, just for general class of zealots of touch (or even touchless) interfaces.

yetihehe 4y ago

> Where I can interact with that overlay by conversing with it, touching it, wielding all manner of physical and virtual tools. And if I want to listen to one radio channel or song without switching it (or opening garage doors), will I have to stand still in the middle of the room?

throwaway4aday 4y ago
This is a non-sensical reply to me but I'll answer anyways. I think the ideal interface for this already exists, you just say "Play [song] by [artist]" and the song starts playing.
- yetihehe 4y ago
  This was reply inspired by some description I think I've read in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Voice interfaces are not yet perfect, have problems with understanding users and could misinterpret some sentences spoken to other people as spoken to it. Also when you have interfaces everywhere, you risk stumbling on and activating some controls you didn't even know exist, common troupe in films where someone presses one button and everything in a room goes crazy, along with shaking bed. My reply was not directed at you specifically, just for general class of zealots of touch (or even touchless) interfaces.