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  • Windows UI - The World Of Never-Ending Choices
  • Every imaginable choice was thrown at users
    at once and it was up to the poor user to figure out what to do
  • To cram more information onto the screen,
    the interfaces of that era used tabs. At some point Microsoft invented the ultimate UI element - a tab with a scroll button in the end which allowed the user to page through hidden tabs.

  • Every imaginable choice was thrown at users
    at once and it was up to the poor user to figure out what to do. To cram more information onto the screen,
    the interfaces of that era used tabs. At some point Microsoft invented the ultimate UI element - a tab with a scroll button in the end which allowed the user to page through hidden tabs.



    Another philosophy of the old UI approach was that the user wants
    to see all information all the time. Instead of building UIs that responded to the way that people actually
    interacted with the tool, the user interface opened up all possible choices at all times. Naturally, this is
    completely overwhelming and confusing to people.

  • Another philosophy of the old UI approach was that the user wants
    to see all information all the time
  • Apple's Revenge
  • . Many years
    ago, when I myself was blinded by the standard Windows UI, my boss told me that user interfaces are cheap. He meant that
    building new UIs from scratch makes sense, because the UI
    is so essential and so important to get right that you shouldn't just reuse code and widgets.
  • Can Contextual UIs Go Mainstream?
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