On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:38 AM, David Singer <[email protected]> wrote: > I am a little concerned that we are increasingly breaking down a metaphor, > a 'virtual interface' without realizing what that abstraction buys us.
I'm more than a little concerned about this and hope that we tread much more carefully than it seems some parties are willing to do. I'm glad I'm not alone. > At the moment, we have the concept of a hypothetical pointer and hypothetical > keyboard, (with some abstract states, such as focus) that you can actually > drive > using a whole bunch of physical modalities. > If we develop UIs that are specific to people actually speaking, we have > 'torn the veil' of that abstract interface. What happens to people who cannot > speak, for example? Or who cannot say the language needed well enough > to be recognized?
