Computers have been using the desktop metaphor for 20 years
Steve Berlin Johnson explains how the traditional “files in folders in a desktop” system might be obsolete. Aren’t we using computers as much more than just intelligent versions of a desktop? Definetly: music, movies, communications, entertainment, hundreds of photos… Microsoft and Apple have already thought of two different ways of understanding how the 21st century people’s interactivity with computers should be. To be honest, I think they’re not radical enough. Minority Report was about life in 50 years time. Sadly, too much time for many of us. Read the whole article