I imagine

Wednesday October 12, 2005 - 1:22AM EDT

When I use computers now I just imagine what they could be. And what I imagine goes beyond Microsoft, Google, IBM, etc.. and their small minded ideas that we see presented in the media. Although the actual ideas by the individuals inside may be more what I am thinking about. The focus of software is still not its actual use. People will use certain software because they are accostommed to the interface and certain features. But the idea of features needs to go away. Software needs to be designed with the way a person naturally thinks. Input methods have to be completely overhauled from the keyboard and mouse standard. Voice recognition should be the primary. Not just voice recognition, but semantical voice recognition. Working with a computer should be like interacting with a human that can do everything you can think of with data but 1 trillion times faster than you physically can. Think about how we work on computers now and how we are at the mercy of input methods. Not just the input device but the type of input. We have to point and click our way around an interface, type in commands, etc... Think about something you would do on the computer like search for directions. You have to go to a website that is like 5 clicks right there. Then you have to type in starting and ending adresses wait for the website to respond and then display the map that is like another 10 clicks. You then have to scroll down and read each line, then scroll back up and look at the map, then if you want to zoom you need another click. Getting directions should be as simple as; Saying starting and ending addresses and BAM! a map popping up with all routes. No clicking no waiting none of that bullshit.