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Don Norman in his latest essay discusses the return of command line interface. I see things the other way – we are returning to Microsoft Bob. I mean not to the concept of UI hosted by animated characters, but to the UI containing representations of familiar physical objects and with which you can interact by intuitive physical movements.
Microsoft Bob “desktop” (left), Bumptop UI (right)
Call such interfaces fluid, active or live, they make interactions more alive, more real-world. And as in real life we can interact with a person by gestures/mimic and speech, the same applies to live interfaces. We interact with them by gestures (physical movements like rotating or tapping) and by text/speech (command line interface). So, I wouldn’t call command line interfaces the next breakthrough. It just evolves as a part of next gen interfaces supplementing and enhancing visual browsing.
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| Small typo...its not "Dan Norman"...its "Don Norman". |
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| Rajib Ghosh | March 16, 2007 05:50 AM |
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