[ Thanks to Borys
Musielak for this link. ]
“The goal of ergonomics is to make the interaction of humans
with machines as smooth as possible, enhancing performance,
reducing error, and increasing user satisfaction through comfort
and aesthetics.“Even the biggest fanatics of the black console box
won’t hold it against me if I say that in the
respect of interacting with the computer, the future belongs to the
GUI. And along comes the question: how will the desktop
environments of the future look like…?”