Susan Kare explains Macintosh UI ergonomics on the Computer Chronicles (1984)

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  • Susan Kare (kare.com/), graphic designer on the Macintosh team, explains the ergonomics and human interface design of the original 1984 Macintosh.
    Full episode can be found here: • The Computer Chronicle...

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  • @captainzero1
    @captainzero1 4 роки тому +103

    She had an amazingly pleasant way of demonsrating the Mac. Fit perfectly with the image they were portraying back then.

    • @erg0steur
      @erg0steur  4 роки тому +15

      I like how she calls the computer Mac like it's a person.

  • @djhaloeight
    @djhaloeight 3 роки тому +30

    Susan designed the icons for the Mac system software. She gave the Mac much of its personality through her artistic style incorporated into the icons. I loved these early Mac years. Started using Macs in 6th grade in 1993.

  • @BlahBleeBlahBlah
    @BlahBleeBlahBlah 4 роки тому +59

    She has such a soothing presentation style, I was a Mac user in the 90’s and so much of what Susan and the original Macintosh team was around till 1998.
    Susan created so many UI elements and standards that are still used today. :-)

    • @CielLearcen
      @CielLearcen 4 роки тому +2

      i was born in 97, and as an iOS developer i cant explain my feelings to that video lol. This looks like i explain how a pc works to my mom

    • @ndenitto13
      @ndenitto13 3 роки тому +4

      Isn't it funny how System Preferences and Notepad have stuck around these 30+ years??

  • @bobmal3852
    @bobmal3852 4 роки тому +32

    This video is completely relaxing.

  • @pcdoodle1
    @pcdoodle1 4 роки тому +31

    What an artist even in presentation.

  • @abnerpinker7849
    @abnerpinker7849 4 роки тому +39

    Seeing this in 2020 feels so futuristic

  • @fitfogey
    @fitfogey Рік тому +2

    I could go to sleep while listening to her voice. That is a total compliment.

  • @Tripp55
    @Tripp55 4 роки тому +40

    I love how I feel like I could boot this computer up and know exactly how to use it. It honestly looks like modern Macs

    • @Isoquant
      @Isoquant 3 роки тому +5

      A hallmark of great design

    • @KimSchulz
      @KimSchulz 2 роки тому

      No, modern macs looks like something from the 80es

    • @MrDarren690
      @MrDarren690 2 роки тому +1

      @@KimSchulz No, but many of the design elements here are still present in macOS today. Menu bar, icons, trashcan, freeform movement.

  • @alme7748
    @alme7748 Рік тому +6

    She's so calm....I would be freaking out if I had to go to a TV show to speak about anything....😆🤣

  • @pezelbuda
    @pezelbuda 4 роки тому +68

    unintentional ASMR

  • @RBLevin
    @RBLevin 4 роки тому +17

    This Mac thing might just catch on.

  • @ronjohnson-r5t
    @ronjohnson-r5t 9 місяців тому +1

    I'm going to put this on my ipod to help me sleep. Sooooo calming.

  • @greatquux
    @greatquux 3 роки тому +6

    Any one of us could grab that mouse and know what to do. But this was all brand new stuff back in 1984!!!

  • @twishypoo4628
    @twishypoo4628 4 роки тому +4

    Wow...I used to watch Computer Chronicles....

  • @gabrielh90
    @gabrielh90 4 роки тому +5

    This video is awesome!

  • @luisgonzalez1637
    @luisgonzalez1637 4 роки тому +11

    She should do the Apple key notes

  • @jefferydavis3332
    @jefferydavis3332 4 місяці тому

    Reminds me of my elementary school days in the late 80s and early 90s

  • @CodexPermutatio
    @CodexPermutatio 3 місяці тому

    She is legendary.

  • @venil82
    @venil82 3 роки тому +6

    Nerd ASMR at its best!

  • @Roman-nu1om
    @Roman-nu1om 3 роки тому +3

    it was more of a working concept ahead of its time than a useful tool for your daily tasks. The women's voice has a relaxing effect, I'd hire her immediately just for her calming effect on co workers.

  • @gibranhuizar6524
    @gibranhuizar6524 3 роки тому +6

    Asmr 36 years before asmr

  • @imgood8341
    @imgood8341 4 роки тому +4

    UA-cam Gold

  • @AlessandroScaltritti
    @AlessandroScaltritti Рік тому

    still today for me is the pinnacole od design and ux

  • @DoahnKea_Tuber
    @DoahnKea_Tuber 2 роки тому +2

    Nice! Simpler times....

  • @julioperdomo9113
    @julioperdomo9113 Рік тому

    Looking at this lady is like looking at an exact blending of Pam and Jim from The Office

  • @Tommymang
    @Tommymang 3 роки тому +3

    From a time when a salt timer was an hourglass

  • @Ahmed-vd3dd
    @Ahmed-vd3dd 3 роки тому +10

    She is so smart, nifty and beautiful ❤️

  • @kings_of_tekken6795
    @kings_of_tekken6795 Рік тому

    they had NO idea, of what was to come near Future........Damn.................

  • @theonlydjtopcat
    @theonlydjtopcat 4 місяці тому

    You can buy a vintage working Lisa Mac now for about 2-4k still nowhere near the original $9,995.00 in 1984 when this video was made!

  • @lovekillbot
    @lovekillbot 3 роки тому

    Remember to feed the lizards

  • @I2obiNtube
    @I2obiNtube 3 роки тому +2

    All stolen from Xerox

    • @eduardoalvarez2497
      @eduardoalvarez2497 3 роки тому +8

      Xerox did not give a shit of the goldmine they had in their hands.

    • @Isoquant
      @Isoquant 3 роки тому +9

      Xerox had no idea what they had or how to bring it to market. The tech was too good to languish unseen and naturally found its way into the hands of a better, more deserving company.

    • @hish.b
      @hish.b 3 роки тому +3

      @@Isoquant the hardest part is fully developing it and marketing it TBH. There's lots of good tech and inventions around doesn't mean anything if you can make a fully developed product get people buying it

    • @rc4652
      @rc4652 3 роки тому

      True, but they weren't gonna do anything with it. Xerox squandered trillions of dollars worth of ideas at this point.

    • @McDonaldsDude
      @McDonaldsDude 2 роки тому

      @@rc4652 It always makes me laugh when I remember Xerox threw away literally trillions of dollars in order to protect their copying business lol