Discuss:Computation, Software, Systems

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Discuss:Computation, Software, Systems:Purpose and meaning in software design
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The modern software user interface comonly forecloses on the human mind by forcing the user to interact in non-essential ways with the software system. The machine has control over the processes used, the critical decisions concerning data, and the interface-implemented features and therefore discriminates against users who desire more control and functionality not implemented within the UI (support for batch processes and scripting calls is a common fault of pureley graphical interfaces). It is necessarily the case that our software require us as decision makers. It is the choice of which decisions to allow the user to make that is the failing of modern software systems....
Created on Sat Jan 17 21:16:54 2004 by sunny

Discuss:Computation, Software, Systems:The Potential in Additional Dimensions - User-Computer Interaction
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I have created this thread in the hope of illiciting discussion on where 3D user environments will lead, and how best these possiblities should be utilized. For example, should the GUI remain largely 2D with merely support for 3D objects? Or should the GUI be a 3-dimensional environment, such as a room, containing various 2D and 3D objects within? Given the latter, should the user interact with his/her computer in predominantly 3D manners; i.e. how would the user browse the web, via a 2D browser manifesting itself over or within the 3D environment or should the browser (as a means of exploring the vastness of the web) be completely rethought to conform to the capabilities of 3D worlds etc.?
Created on Thu Dec 16 9:39:48 2004 by macrocosm