Jeff Ruskin - “Macintosh Father”

    Jeff Raskin is a person to whom we should be grateful for the appearance of the common name "Macintosh" in our vocabulary. But the main thing in which Jeff Ruskin proved himself is the interfaces. The ideas of its interfaces are sometimes so non-standard that sometimes they seem awkward, and perhaps they are.

    Here are some of his postulates, for example:
    - abandonment of the GUI in favor of an improved command line;
    - refusal to split tasks into applications (the user must work in a single interface);
    - refusal to use the mouse;

    In my opinion, we came closest to the implementation of the " refusal to split tasks into applications , namely the browser window.

    I think that every usability specialist working on the next masterpiece should remember the main idea of ​​the whole life of Jeff Raskin - a convenient, humane interface .

    To familiarize yourself with the life and work of Jeff Raskin, I recommend reading the links on the topic:
    - On the Computerra website , you can find a rather old, but not lost its relevance article on the life and work of Jeff Raskin - "The Wrestler with the System ."
    - Raskin Center
    - Demo at Raskin Center
    - Jeff Raskin's book - " Interface: new directions in the design of computer systems " by Yustos tip
    - same book, only in electronic formby tip jast

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