TuringTest

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2041.
by TuringTest 13y ago
IIRC this is the guy who pushed for graphical, user-configurable types in the original Mac - something that hadn't been done before ever. The software was an alpha release, it's likely that they went with whichever fonts were avai
2042.
by TuringTest 13y ago
Even though the project died, the ideas in it have spread. It's a funny exercise for a trained eye to look for ideas originating in The Humane Interface throughout all kind of modern interfaces. That book has been much more influential
2043.
by TuringTest 13y ago
I've tried it, and it's a pain even with dedicated keys. This is one point of Raskin's design where the rationale is sound, but the solution he found was sub-optimal. Instead of a "pure" quasimode, modern interfaces
2044.
by TuringTest 13y ago
Menu and typing commands are not either-or exclusive; you can have both. In a system like Archy there can be menus stored as plain text - given that it's trivial to select text and invoke it as a command. It's just that menus don&
2045.
by TuringTest 13y ago
Don't look at it as the Desktop not being important anymore, but as the market having expanded. This means that there are alternatives to the Microsoft monopoly, even if those are not on the desktop; therefore the original problem is no l
2046.
by TuringTest 14y ago
Shoe: http://imgessence.com/browse/view/114 Face: http://imgessence.com/browse/view/29 Spirit: http://imgessence.com/browse/view/510 It works best on symmetric, concrete objects. http://imgessence.com/browse
2047.
by TuringTest 14y ago
The title should reflect that it's a checklist focused on websites. I opened it expecting to apply it to desktop applications and was surprised by it.
2048.
by TuringTest 14y ago
You should check out "...in space!" at TV Tropes. ( http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RecycledINSPACE )
2049.
by TuringTest 14y ago
Which is a shame. As joesb points out above, this severely reduces the benefits of the "instant execution&feedback" features. Given that this is an alpha release, maybe it's still time to rethink that approach and allow for sandboxed en
2050.
by TuringTest 14y ago
Watching the video it seems that the keyboard is active as long as a text-entry widget is focused, so it works exactly like a visible virtual keyboard - although introducing a mode with no visual feedback may sometimes induce errors.
2051.
by TuringTest 14y ago
I've tried the online tutorial, and it's surprising how quick I've noticed some muscle memory for the most frequent chords (for letters r, h, d, l). I think they've found something with the "always use the same finger as in QWERTY, plus ano
2052.
by TuringTest 14y ago
Or, we could take lots and lots of not very rich people giving a little of their wealth. The last time that society relied on patronage for producing art, we didn't have around a platform that can potentially connect all humans to support
2053.
by TuringTest 14y ago
Yup, you're not the only one; I've noticed the same throughout the web at the fanciest web sites. I suspect it's caused by everything being placed inside layers of nested <div>s styled with CSS. It's particularly aggravating in mobi
2054.
by TuringTest 14y ago
I have been thinking of such a language for several years. Now that life programming environments are getting traction, I might be able to bootstrap the process and program my ideated language on top of one of them. See this 2003 PhD thesis
2055.
by TuringTest 14y ago
Am I the only one that sees commoditization of programming as a good thing ? I long for a world where everybody could define simple-to-moderately-complex automated behaviors, without needing to pursue a career in programming. Tools like Ap