We still have to discover necessary information for small tasks, like it was a note buried in a stack of papers, in the spare room that has absorbed a decade's worth of clutter.
Another canary I notice, is the presence of "Please don't hit the back button" on web pages served by major corporations. Something bad might happen if you click/touch/return that button! Hands off your input devices, please!
On the progress front, we know how to topologically layer information, like never before. Huge appearing/disappearing header bars, over popup ads, over content. Such screen space efficiency.
In some ways we have come far. In a truly remarkable number of ways, not so much.
We still have to discover necessary information for small tasks, like it was a note buried in a stack of papers, in the spare room that has absorbed a decade's worth of clutter.
Another canary I notice, is the presence of "Please don't hit the back button" on web pages served by major corporations. Something bad might happen if you click/touch/return that button! Hands off your input devices, please!
On the progress front, we know how to topologically layer information, like never before. Huge appearing/disappearing header bars, over popup ads, over content. Such screen space efficiency.
In some ways we have come far. In a truly remarkable number of ways, not so much.