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http://www.raskincenter.org/
 » Raskin Center for Humane Interfaces (RCHI)   - Official Archy site. Includes manual, specification, forums, bug list, downloads and a FAQ. [Open Source, GPL]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy
 » Archy - Clear description of Archy (was THE), divided into interface components. [Wikipedia]

http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0201379376&redir=1
 » The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems - By Jef Raskin; Addison-Wesley, 2000, ISBN 0201379376. Guide to interactive system design, reflects author experience and vision, shows many extant interfaces are dead ends, making computers easier to use needs new approaches. [publisher website]

http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/in_appreciation_of_j.html
 » In Appreciation of Jef Raskin - Brief praise of Raskin, and critique of Archy zooming interface, with references, by usability expert Don Norman who was at Apple with Raskin, during the early years.

  • Jef Raskin's Humane Environment - SourceForge site, with description, download, bug reports, some old news.

    http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/interviews/v5i21_aza.html
    		 » Crafting a Revolution - Interview of Aza Raskin on THE (Archy), and his father Jef. [ACM: Ubiquity] (July 27, 2004)

    http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-02-20-009-26-OS-DT-SW
    		 » Raleigh News & Observer: Keeping Interface Simple - Summary of newspaper story, useful forum comments. [Linux Today] (February 20, 2003)

    http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2003/tc20030122_7027.htm
    		 » THE Key to User-Friendly Computers? - By Alex Salkever. Raskin helped design Apple's classic user interface. He is working on a new system that could be a big improvement. Brief accessible analysis. [BusinessWeek] (January 22, 2003)

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/27/1835214
    		 » The Humane Environment - Brief news story, and forum comments in great abundance, more than usual. Many varied opinions. [Slashdot] (December 27, 2002)

    http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2445
    		 » The Humane Environment - Brief announcement of first THE (Archy) release, with over 50 forum comments. [OSNews.com] (December 26, 2002)

    http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/12/2259254
    		 » The Humane Interface - Book review of The Human Interface: New Directions for Interface Design, by Jef Raskin, and the usual mass of forum comments. Many varied opinions. [Slashdot] (May 12, 2001)

    http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-02-09-010-04-OP-OO
    		 » osOpinion: Raskin on 'Raskin on OS X' - Summary of newspaper story, useful forum comments. [Linux Today] (February 9, 2001)

    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1.06/1.6_guis.html
    		 » Down With GUIs - By Jef Raskin. Article stressing that GUIs are not human-compatible. As long as we hang on to interfaces as we now know them, computers will remain inherently frustrating, upsetting, stressful. [Wired 1.06] (December, 1993)

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