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Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

1401 points alankay | 3 comments | 20 Jun 16 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

This request originated via recent discussions on HN, and the forming of HARC! at YC Research. I'll be around for most of the day today (though the early evening).
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buzzkills ◴[20 Jun 16 18:29 UTC] No.11940091[source]▶
In terms of real, in use, user interfaces, what do you think are the best examples? What do you like about them?
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1. alankay1 ◴[21 Jun 16 15:23 UTC] No.11946331[source]▶
I'm not a big fan of most UIs today (not that I was a big fan of those in the past -- but they seem generally worse in basic outlook)
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2. BrutallyHonest ◴[21 Jun 16 20:12 UTC] No.11949036[source]▶
Even minimalistic flat style popularised by Microsoft?
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3. alankay1 ◴[21 Jun 16 20:17 UTC] No.11949076[source]▶
I didn't mean "look" but what they do for the user ...