The Anti-Mac Interface

Interesting article about interface design.

Notable quotes:

Similarly, computer interfaces must evolve to let us utilize more of the power of language.

A WYSIWYG document shows only the final printed representation; it does not capture the user's intentions.

Programs such as Magnet, a Macintosh application that searches for files meeting a specified criterion and moves them into the user's folders, act as simple agents to build an improved environment for the computer user.

Real life is highly moded [11]: What you can do in the swimming pool is different from what you can do in the kitchen, and people can easily distinguish between the two because of the richness of the experience and the ease with which we can move between environments.