Thursday, February 10, 2011

Do Computers Have Mind Styles?

Photograph of the Manchester Mark 1 computer.
The title for this post is a closed question.  It can have a yes or no answer.  In fact, this particular closed question was not really meant to be answered.  Below you will find an open question.  Open questions are invitations to say much more than just yes or no.


Periodically you will find new open questions posted on this site.  You are invited to respond to these open questions in the Comments section.


Introduction to today's open question:   

Mind styles are about mental operating styles.  There has always been an issue about the way that computers, their operating systems and their other software, engage different kinds of human mental operating styles.  After more than 25 years of efforts to make computers user friendly the issue is still with us.

Here is today's Open Question:
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What is one or more thing that would make computers, even today, more friendly for you as a user?

What do you think?  Why not share what you think about this in a comment?


If you are interested in this subject and have something to say, we'd love to hear it.  You might also like to have a look at this post on this subject:  TotalFinder +   If you want to go deeper with this subject, have a look here: Computer/Human Dialogue.


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