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Edward Tufte on the iPhone

June 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment ·

I don’t know how I missed this before, but I’m glad I ran across it.

If you haven’t seen this very brief clip of Edward Tufte critiquing the iPhone interface, check it out.

A couple of salient quotes:

“The idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris.”

“Here’s the general theory: To clarify, add detail. Imagine that. To clarify, add detail. And … clutter and overload are not an attribute of information, they are failures of design. If the information is in chaos, don’t start throwing out information, instead fix the design.”

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  • 1 Edward Tufte on the iPhone | Gearfire.com // Jun 20, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    […] Paul Miller wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIf you haven’t seen this very brief clip of Edward Tufte critiquing the iPhone interface, check it out. A couple of salient quotes:. “The idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, … […]

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