There are no “verbs” in the iPhone interface, he said, alluding to the way a standard mouse or stylus system works. In those systems, users select an object, like a photo, and then separately select an action, or “verb,” to do something to it.
Hey, I pointed out a long time ago that Windows was this bastard child that forced you to think verbally while using a GUI... Here it is. I'd actually been saying that for years, and I know for a fact that a long email I wrote on the subject even before the above posting was heavily CC'ed around the Apple UI team.
Steve Jobs stole from me!
Oh well, my iPhone is cool. Much love Steve.
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