The Rise of Contextual User Interfaces - ReadWriteWeb
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Every imaginable choice was thrown at users at once and it was up to the poor user to figure out what to do. To cram more information onto the screen, the interfaces of that era used tabs. At some point Microsoft invented the ultimate UI element - a tab with a scroll button in the end which allowed the user to page through hidden tabs.
Another philosophy of the old UI approach was that the user wants
to see all information all the time. Instead of building UIs that responded to the way that people actually
interacted with the tool, the user interface opened up all possible choices at all times. Naturally, this is
completely overwhelming and confusing to people.
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