Designing the OpenDoc human interface
Dave Curbow, Elizabeth by Dykstra-Erickson · 1997
This paper tells the story of the development of the human interface for OpenDoc, a large-scale, complex, crossplatform commercial development project at Apple Computer.OpenDoc was an ambitious four year design and development effort by Apple with IBM and other parmers.The OpenDoe HI is a departure from traditional applications.This historical review highlights how we designedOpmDocand the lessonswe learned. Kaywords OpenDoc, design process, user-centered design, human interface specification, collaborationPermission to make digital/hard copy of part or all this work for personal or claaaroom uaa ia granted without fea provided that copies are not made or distributed tor profit or commercial edvantaga, the copyright notica, the titla of the publication and its date aPPear# and notice ie 9iven that copying is by parmiesion of ACM, Inc.To copy otharwise, to republish, to peat on servers, or to redistribute to Iista, requires prior apacific permission and/or a fee.