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| | Archy  |
| | Clear description of Archy (was THE), divided into interface components. [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy |
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| | The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems  |
| | 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]
http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0201379376&redir=1 |
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| | In Appreciation of Jef Raskin  |
| | 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.
http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/in_appreciation_of_j.html |
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| | Jef Raskin's Humane Environment  |
| | SourceForge site, with description, download, bug reports, some old news.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/humane/ |
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| | Crafting a Revolution  |
| | Interview of Aza Raskin on THE (Archy), and his father Jef. [ACM: Ubiquity] (July 27, 2004)
http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/interviews/v5i21_aza.html |
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| | Raleigh News & Observer: Keeping Interface Simple  |
| | Summary of newspaper story, useful forum comments. [Linux Today] (February 20, 2003)
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-02-20-009-26-OS-DT-SW |
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| | THE Key to User-Friendly Computers?  |
| | 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] (January 22, 2003)
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2003/tc20030122_7027.htm |
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| | The Humane Environment  |
| | Brief news story, and forum comments in great abundance, more than usual. Many varied opinions. [Slashdot] (December 27, 2002)
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1835214 |
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| | The Humane Environment  |
| | Brief announcement of first THE (Archy) release, with over 50 forum comments. [OSNews.com] (December 26, 2002)
http://osnews.com/story/2445 |
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| | The Humane Interface  |
| | 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] (May 12, 2001)
http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/12/2259254 |
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