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Susan Kare explains Macintosh UI ergonomics on the Computer Chronicles (1984)

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  • Presented by Susan Kare, graphic designer on the Macintosh team

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Susan Kare demonstrates and explains the user interface design and ergonomics of the original 1984 Macintosh.

Susan Kare (kare.com/), graphic designer on the Macintosh team, explains the ergonomics and human interface design of the original 1984 Macintosh. Full episode can be found here: youtube.com/watch?v=OxLqWu23zFE

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What people say. Recommended as a fascinating historical look at how the original Macintosh user interface was introduced to the public.

dorkwoodon Hacker News • Recommends

On “The Woman Who Gave the Macintosh a Smile (2018)”

I love this video of Kare giving an introduction to the Mac interface on "Computer Chronicles" back in 1984 1. At first it seems quaint to see how slowly and carefully she explains what we now consider to be basic UI features. But then you realize that for many people in the world, a desktop computer is just as strange and confusing to them now as it was to most people back then. I think some of us (me included) would do well to keep this video in mind when explaining technology to non-technical people. 1 link to this video
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On “Ed is the standard text editor (2014)”

Yeah, I'm kinda getting into these vids from the seventies and eighties. “Introducing The Amazing Compact Disc, 1982” link — “You can pick it up and move around, even shake, and nothing happens”, yeah sure bud. “Introduction to Microsoft Excel, 1992” link “Susan Kare explains Macintosh UI ergonomics on the Computer Chronicles, 1984” link to this video — the control panel is just astounding by modern standards, especially seeing as for me the control panel is a litmus test of an OS interface. Also one of my favorite music-making tutorials is the three-part, three-hour series ‘Intro to Synthesis’ from sometime in the early 80s: link — instead of going through all the terminology in ten minutes and…
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jonny_ehon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Greg Joswiak replaces Phil Schiller as head of Apple marketing”

> The person missing from this list who I'd like to see added is Susan Kare. She defined the look of the original Mac and iPod, designing its original bitmap fonts and icons. Hugely influential. Absolutely! Susan Kare explains Macintosh UI ergonomics: link to this video
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dangon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Susan Kare Explains Macintosh UI Ergonomics (1984) [video]”

Ok, we've changed the URL to that from link to this video above. Thanks! (I changed the timestamp to where they start interviewing Susan Kare.)
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neilvon Hacker News • Mentions

On “The Making Of Grand Theft Auto (1996) [video]”

"Susan Kare explains Macintosh UI ergonomics on the Computer Chronicles (1984)" link to this video She's demonstrating something pretty new and significant to a lot of people. Maybe software job interviews have followed a related arc, to amped-up performance art rituals and shibboleths, from genuine meaningful down-to-earth conversation.
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