Comment UI comes full circle with Raskin (Score 1) 353
Other than seeing him on TechTV a few months ago, I didn't know much about Raskin until he died and I had a chance to do some research.
I've found that many of his ideas are sneaking back into computing. Take for instance the 1987 Canon Cat computer. One of its highlighted features was a way to quickly find files by using search strings instead of icons or hyperlinks.
When you think about Google suite of applications, Apple's upcomming Spotlight, and similar features boasted in MS Longhorn, it seems that this style of thinking was ahead of its time.
I've found that many of his ideas are sneaking back into computing. Take for instance the 1987 Canon Cat computer. One of its highlighted features was a way to quickly find files by using search strings instead of icons or hyperlinks.
When you think about Google suite of applications, Apple's upcomming Spotlight, and similar features boasted in MS Longhorn, it seems that this style of thinking was ahead of its time.
