A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderI just watched the video, and typed my reactions, as I had them; no idea if this will be of interest. * * * People still travel for meetings? By plane? Wait, someone is driving the car? Thats not very productive. There are bellhops? Why are there still bellhops in the future? What do they do? Why is the screen so small? Why have a screen, if you have those perfect augmented reality glasses? 'Creating reply interface'? We still have…
I'm a mechanical engineer and my favorite way to interact with my computer is with my SpaceMouse [1], a sort of joy-stick that you can pull or rotate in any direction to drag, spin, and scale 3D models. You can also use it to fly around Excel spreadsheets or scroll through web pages. One thing that I love about it is the grip I can use - it's the "precision" grip that the author discusses in the article, and it…
Throwaway here, Once I dropped acid and smoked weed simultaneously, which created an uber intense trip. I used my smartphone, and the UI controls seemed to manifest as physical buttons. I imagined that when I felt a 2d button, it popped out of the phone and felt like a real button. That extra feedback completely changed my user experience. There was no more 'looking under glass'. I can objectively say that physical feedback really enhances the touchscreen experience.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 1169
- Total comments
- 317
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-11-08 | A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction DesignFirst breakout · Best thread | tbassetto | 830 | 150 |
| 2013-09-04 | A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design (2011) | jamesjyu | 83 | 35 |
| 2014-03-19 | A Brief Rant on the Future of Iteraction Design | dkasper | 2 | 0 |
| 2015-01-28 | Bret Victor: A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design (2011) | edu | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-02-25 | A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design (2011) | pavel_lishin | 3 | 0 |
| 2019-01-17 | A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design (2011) | KeatonDunsford | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-09-06 | A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design (2011) | jakelazaroff | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-01-11 | A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design (2011) | pcr910303 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-05-25 | A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design | thunderbong | 3 | 0 |
| 2022-05-25 | A brief rant on the future of interaction design (2011)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | picture | 238 | 132 |
| 2022-08-02 | A brief rant on the future of interaction design | adnanaga | 3 | 0 |