Thursday
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Aza Raskin
Blake Ross
This interactive session will start with a pair of position statements and end with a facilitated discussion. The participants represent two teams of people with accordant goals. Collectively, they call into question the recent wave of Web offerings that replicate traditional desktop applications. Their presentations will address human cognitive needs and basic usability problems with computers today. In turn, they will advocate the creation of "humane interfaces." Asking, "what does a true Web platform look like and why is it different from anything we've used before?"