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Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?

#cursor #design #hypothesis #legacy #mouse #technology_history #visual_language

7 years ago | View Shared by victor

A Brief History of Design: How I came to appreciate Microsoft’s design roots

#aesthetic #culture #design #design_history #digital_preservation #microsoft #technology_history | <blockquote>It is easy to question everything designed before you when you join a new company. I mean, why the heck would a scroll bar be red in Windows 2.0 … what could they have possibly been thinking?! But while it may be fun and easy to criticize the past, it is crucial to ask the question “why?” To realize that those who came before were pretty damn cutting-edge, and that each design decision carries the baggage of late nights, pulled hair, teamwork, innovation, and expertise.</blockquote>

8 years ago | View Shared by victor

The Humane Representation of Thought on Vimeo

#communication #design #programming #talk #technology_history | <blockquote>[…] But the dynamic medium offers the opportunity to deliberately invent a humane and empowering form of knowledge work. We can design dynamic representations which draw on the entire range of human capabilities — all senses, all forms of movement, all forms of understanding — instead of straining a few and atrophying the rest.</blockquote>

9 years ago | View Shared by victor