Engelbart, on the danger of building "natural" systems 
He references this point in this 1986 talk looking back at The Demo and his work on NLS / augmentation. Strongly recommend
I think I would be very sad if I time traveled forward to 2070 and found their version of computing immediately familiar, "natural" and "easy to use"
This all connects to the difficulty of short user tests too. Engelbart's NLS developed through deep, real usage by the team, which took the time to really learn it...
https://twitter.com/geoffreylitt/status/1290640174918119426
I love the mix of pragmatism and theoretical grounding Engelbart describes in that talk
On the one hand, freely "evolving" the system through actual usage -- can't analyze in advance what needs to be done
On the other hand, an incredibly deep framework lying underneath
On the one hand, freely "evolving" the system through actual usage -- can't analyze in advance what needs to be done
On the other hand, an incredibly deep framework lying underneath
Overall I'm kinda torn here. Conventions have real value in design. I've been the one arguing for "not reinventing the wheel"
But where is the entropy going to come from??? These basic OS paradigms have lasted 50 years, are we just gonna coast on them for another 50???
But where is the entropy going to come from??? These basic OS paradigms have lasted 50 years, are we just gonna coast on them for another 50???
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