Crafting a Revolution - http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/interviews/v5i21_aza.html
Interview of Aza Raskin on THE (Archy), and his father Jef. [ACM: Ubiquity] |
Down With GUIs - http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.06/1.6_guis.html
By Jef Raskin. Article stressing that GUIs are not human-compatible. As long as we hang on to interfaces as we now know them, computers will remain inherently frustrating, upsetting, stressful. [Wired 1.06] |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy
Clear description of Archy (was THE), divided into interface components. [Wikipedia] |
In Appreciation of Jef Raskin - http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/in_appreciation_of_j.html
Brief praise of Raskin, and critique of Archy zooming interface, with references, by usability expert Don Norman who was at Apple with Raskin, during the early years. |
Jef Raskin's Humane Environment - https://sourceforge.net/projects/humane/
SourceForge site, with description, download, bug reports, some old news. |
osOpinion: Raskin on 'Raskin on OS X' - http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-02-09-010-04-OP-OO
Summary of newspaper story, useful forum comments. [Linux Today] |
Raleigh News & Observer: Keeping Interface Simple - http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-02-20-009-26-OS-DT-SW
Summary of newspaper story, useful forum comments. [Linux Today] |
The Humane Environment - http://osnews.com/story/2445
Brief announcement of first THE (Archy) release, with over 50 forum comments. [OSNews.com] |
The Humane Environment - http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1835214
Brief news story, and forum comments in great abundance, more than usual. Many varied opinions. [Slashdot] |
The Humane Interface - http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/12/2259254
Book review of The Human Interface: New Directions for Interface Design, by Jef Raskin, and the usual mass of forum comments. Many varied opinions. [Slashdot] |
The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems - http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0201379376&redir=1
By Jef Raskin; Addison-Wesley, 2000, ISBN 0201379376. Guide to interactive system design, reflects author experience and vision, shows many extant interfaces are dead ends, making computers easier to use needs new approaches. [publisher website] |
THE Key to User-Friendly Computers? - http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2003/tc20030122_7027.htm
By Alex Salkever. Raskin helped design Apple's classic user interface. He is working on a new system that could be a big improvement. Brief accessible analysis. [BusinessWeek] |