- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 08:50:35 -0600
- To: Scott Luebking <phoenixl@netcom.com>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Nice analogy. In this case the butler needs to know there master has a disability and what types of service that disability needs. Jon At 08:10 AM 3/14/98 -0800, Scott Luebking wrote: >Hi, >Here's a philosophy or model of user interfaces that I try to pass on >to the students here at Berkeley. > >Basically, I look at a user interface as a kind of a butler for the user. >The idea is that the butler accomodates the master's needs and behaviors >instead of the other way around. The butler makes life easier for the >master by knowing his preferences, etc. The butler does more work of the >work so that the master can do less work. > >Scott > > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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