Re:Compiler Errors for Humans
by Osmium on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @06:03PM
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> I enjoy using the tool part of my brain when computing. It feels "quieter" and contemplative.
I totally get that. Personally though, I see conversational UI as an additional parallel mode of interaction, that you can use simultaneously. I can imagine e.g. coding, and interacting and thinking analytically about that, while still verbally being able to have a conversation with my computer for e.g. responding to email or calendar appointments. Not for everybody, of course.
Edit: I suppose, what I really mean, is that I'd like to interact with human things (email, meetings, messages, etc.) in a human way (conversationally, as I would a person), and I'd like to interact with machine things (coding, simulations, etc.) in a machine way. Trying to interact with human things in a mechanical way seems unintuitive, really, except it's all current technology affords, so we all have to learn these machine interfaces instead. And maybe that's why so many (non-techy) people find computers needlessly complicated.
I totally get that. Personally though, I see conversational UI as an additional parallel mode of interaction, that you can use simultaneously. I can imagine e.g. coding, and interacting and thinking analytically about that, while still verbally being able to have a conversation with my computer for e.g. responding to email or calendar appointments. Not for everybody, of course.
Edit: I suppose, what I really mean, is that I'd like to interact with human things (email, meetings, messages, etc.) in a human way (conversationally, as I would a person), and I'd like to interact with machine things (coding, simulations, etc.) in a machine way. Trying to interact with human things in a mechanical way seems unintuitive, really, except it's all current technology affords, so we all have to learn these machine interfaces instead. And maybe that's why so many (non-techy) people find computers needlessly complicated.