Computers, Software, Operating Systems, Graphic Subsystems, Desktop Environments, Archy
See Also:
Editor's Picks:
 - Official site advancing the work of the author of The Humane Interface. Most complete site on Archy, was THE, The Humane Environment. Also writings on diverse topics, manual, specification, screenshot, bug list, CVS, downloads. [Open Source, GPL]
- 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]
- 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.
- 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]
- SourceForge site, with description, download, bug reports, some old news.
- Summary of newspaper story, useful forum comments. [Linux Today]
- Treats Pascal poster designed by Jef Raskin, and altered by Steve Jobs.
- List of about 60 articles by Raskin, with links to them.
- Clear description of Archy (was THE), divided into interface components. [Wikipedia]
- 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]
- Touching memorial comic, features hill topped with an Apple tree.
- Interview of Aza Raskin on THE (Archy), and his father Jef. [ACM: Ubiquity]
- Brief but thorough tribute article. [Software Development Times]
- By Paul Gilster. When Jef Raskin talks about computers, it pays to listen; he has spent his career thinking about how to make computing easier. Balanced, positive explanation of THE (Archy). [Raleigh News & Observer]
- Two sizable documents: Recollections of the Macintosh Project, More Historical Facts. Links to Bruce Horn letters.
- 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]
- Computer museum with many resources: photo galleries, information on early Apple I/II, Macintosh, IAI Swyft, Canon Cat, user interface experiments, other Raskin inventions; interviews, slides, remembrances by computer scientists.
- Touching memorial comic, features a Macintosh thanking Raskin.
- Frank, brief interview, criticism of Macintosh, thoughts on useful user interfaces, Hypercard, progress in computing. [Guardian Unlimited]
- Brief announcement of first THE (Archy) release, with over 50 forum comments. [OSNews.com]
- Short but thorough biography, links. [Wikipedia]
- Summary of newspaper story, useful forum comments. [Linux Today]
- Film on Raskin being made via Internet collaboration. Interviews, comments, sample footage, Raskin Lectures on Interface. Short segments use Creative Commons license.
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