Adam Lisagor:
I think you’re going to find that the interaction model of the Mac OS exists specifically because you have a keyboard and a trackpad below your screen, and those two instruments allow for refined movements within a dense display of information. What the iPhone OS has done is to allow for the removal of that layer of abstraction, and let us touch our information with our actual fingers. And though our fingers are massive and clumsy, every removal of a layer of abstraction between us and our information represents an ephocal shift in technology. Like every such shift, sacrifices must be made, and remedial solutions proposed.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
