The Book Section
Our honeymoon with digital technology is over: We are tired of having to learn huge,
arcane programs to do even the simplest of tasks; we have had our fill of crashing computers;
and we are fatigued by the continual pressure to upgrade. The Humane Interface delivers a way
for computers, information appliances, and other technology-driven products to continue to
advance in power and expand their range of applicability, while becoming free of the hassles
and obscurities that plague present products.
The Apple Macintosh helped to introduce a previous revolution in computer interface
design, drawing on the best available technology to establish many of the interface
techniques and methods now universal in the computer industry. With this book,
Raskin proves again both his farsightedness and his practicality. He also demonstrates
how design ideas must be built on a scientific basis, presenting just enough
cognitive psychology to link the interface of the future to the experimental
evidence and to show why that interface will work.
"Deep thinking is rare in this field where most companies are
glad to copy designs that were great back in the 1970s. The Humane Interface
is a gourmet dish from a master chef. Five mice!"
--Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen Norman Group Author of Designing Web Usability:
The Practice of Simplicity
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