A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
From a personal point of view, I think that the main point of this text might be misunderstood by a lot of people. More than anything, because the follow-up article is a key part that adds context, depth, and information to the author’s rant.
In any case, I agree with a big part of the ideas presented in the text. However, it is not clear to me whether the problems presented should be taken with the same heaviness the author mentions. The reason behind this is none other than the feasibility of a solution to the problems that the author mentions. I believe the critique makes total sense because it gives value to the other mobility functions of the human body. However, finding new methods of interaction that the common user would prefer over traditional ones is not an easy task. If it helps, we never imagined leaving the mouse and keyboard behind, and here we are, using touch screens in everything. Considering how old this article is, it makes sense for the author to say that we should leave touchscreens behind eventually. But, after 10 years, we clearly haven’t moved on.
A follow-up article
As I mentioned before, the idea of a “rant” was confusing indeed. Most readers expect to find a solution to the problems presented in the previous text, but none were found. This is simply because most people will not get the main point of this text. The text does not imply that a solution will be found any time soon, but the opposite: the main objective is to inspire and motivate people to start researching for an answer.
I personally think he makes a great point in his ideas for the future. This doesn’t mean either I can provide a clear answer to the problems that he proposed back in his rant, but I can definitely say that reading his post encouraged me to start thinking about them.