A photo has been floating around the internet showing how the interior of the new Dragon spacecraft differs from the Space Shuttle. The difference is staggering, but not entirely suprprising. After all the Shuttle started operating in 1981, while Dragon 2, is barely a year in operation.

互聯網上流傳著一張照片，展示了新型Dragon飛船的內部與航天飛機的不同之處。 區別是驚人的，但并非完全令人驚訝。 畢竟，航天飛機是在1981年開始運營的，而《龍2》則僅運營了一年。

屏幕用戶界面的演變 (On-screen user interfaces evolution)

Macintosh — 1984年 (Macintosh — 1984)

But let’s go back in time a little bit, to the first Macintosh. Of course, the Xerox Parc inspirations need a mention here, even when it’s unclear how much Apple “borrowed” from Xerox. Still, after very simple, text-based interfaces having a “virtual” desktop was a revelation and a revolution at the same time.

但是，讓我們回到第一臺Macintosh。 當然，即使尚不清楚蘋果從施樂那里“借”了多少錢，施樂Parc的靈感也需要在這里提及。 在經過非常簡單的，具有“虛擬”桌面的基于文本的界面之后，這既是一次啟示，又是一次革命。

Before the GUI people were able to do a lot of the same things — there were word processors, spreadsheets and other office tools. They were simply a bit harder to use and required very good keyboard shortcut knowledge.

在GUI之前，人們可以做很多事情—有文字處理程序，電子表格和其他辦公工具。 它們只是更難使用，并且需要非常好的鍵盤快捷鍵知識。

所有硬件UI (All hardware UI)

So instead of a visible interface, the interface was all hardware.

因此，該接口不是全部可見接口，而是所有硬件。

The Macintosh transitioned the interface to a mix of hardware and software, through skeuomorphic paradigms (desktop metaphor, and later the trash-bin).

Macintosh通過類擬范式(桌面隱喻和后來的垃圾箱)將界面轉換為硬件和軟件的混合體。

下一場革命 (The next revolution)

I’m going to skip the click-wheel, as it was a single-use device thing, and while I love my iPods (and still use them to this day) the interface wasn’t a game-changer of the same proportions as the bitmap screen and mouse combo.

我將跳過點擊滾輪，因為它是一次性使用的設備，并且雖然我愛我的iPod(并且至今仍在使用它們)，但界面的改變程度卻與位圖屏幕和鼠標組合。

Steve Jobs realised the next step by showing the popular phones of 2007. They had lots of buttons and a visually cluttered, hardware interface. He also said what I think was the most important takeaway from the whole UI part of the keynote.

史蒂夫·喬布斯(Steve Jobs)通過展示2007年流行的手機實現了下一步。它們具有許多按鈕和視覺混亂的硬件界面。 他還說，我認為這是主題演講中整個UI部分最重要的收獲。

And what happens if you think of a great idea 6 months from now? You can’t run around and add a button to these things. They’ve already shipped.

如果六個月后想到一個好主意，會發生什么？ 您不能四處奔走，不能在這些東西上添加按鈕。 他們已經發貨了。

The iPhone came along and sped up the process of touch-screen UI’s. Right now we can’t imagine ourselves without those metal-and-glass sandwiches in our pockets. And we dont need any extra hardware to do most things. Just using our fingers became the new norm.

iPhone出現并加快了觸摸屏UI的過程。 現在，我們口袋里沒有那些金屬和玻璃三明治，我們無法想象。 而且我們不需要任何額外的硬件即可完成大多數事情。 僅僅用手指就成為新的規范。

Imagine someone sitting on a train in 2006 on some early touch enabled device and just moving their finger up and down. Up and down. Up and down. Most people would’ve thought they’re crazy. Right now that vertical swipe is the most popular motion most people do all day. Even more popular than walking.

想象一下，某人在2006年坐在火車上，使用支持早期觸摸功能的設備，只是上下移動了手指。 上和下。 上和下。 大多數人會以為他們瘋了。 現在，垂直滑動是大多數人一整天最喜歡的動作。 比走路更受歡迎。

一些行業對現狀感到滿意。 (Some industries were happy with the status quo.)

Just like with phones, someone had to take a bold step and redefine the entire industry. Otherwise we’d still have “faster horses” and plastic keyboards on our phones. And we’d still use that T9 dictionary to type in a Short Message (Service). Yes, that’s where the SMS name comes from.

就像使用電話一樣，有人必須采取大膽的步驟來重新定義整個行業。 否則，我們的手機上仍然會有“快馬”和塑料鍵盤。 而且，我們仍將使用該T9詞典鍵入短信(服務)。 是的，這就是SMS名稱的來源。

輸入：特斯拉 (Enter: Tesla)

While most cars started adding displays, they still mostly relied on physical controls. That makes sense in a vehicle, as you need to keep your eyes on the road. So “feeling” a physical knob or a switch while still looking ahead was the best possible option.

盡管大多數汽車開始添加顯示器，但它們仍然主要依靠物理控制。 在車輛中這很有意義，因為您需要將注意力放在道路上。 因此，在仍然向前看的同時“感覺”物理旋鈕或開關是最好的選擇。

But with the driving-assist technologies things can get a lot simpler now. A touchscreen can be a perfect way to show any user interface on it. It can lead to the car having new features. Something unthinkable in that industry.

但是，有了駕駛輔助技術，事情現在可以變得簡單得多。 觸摸屏可能是在其上顯示任何用戶界面的理想方式。 這可能會導致汽車具有新功能。 該行業中不可思議的東西。

And as we habituate ourselves with technologies, many people can use those car touch screens without looking at them (to change the airflow for example).

隨著我們對技術的習慣，許多人可以不用看它們就能使用那些汽車觸摸屏(例如，改變氣流)。

We also don’t need all those dials and physical clocks. Right now they’re purely an aesthetic choice. Just look how much cleaner and simple the Tesla Model 3 Dashboard is.

我們也不需要所有這些表盤和物理時鐘。 現在，它們純粹是一種美學選擇。 看看特斯拉Model 3儀表板有多清潔和簡單。

Obviously some people hate it, but it has all the same functionality (and more) than traditional cars. And it can get NEW features down the road.

顯然有人討厭它，但是它具有與傳統汽車相同的功能(甚至更多)。 它可以為您提供新功能。

然后回到太空 (And back to Space)

Looking at the knobs, dials and switches on the first space crafts and then looking at the huge touch-screens of the Dragon2 we are seeing the same path forward as with computers and phones.

查看第一批太空飛船上的旋鈕，轉盤和開關，然后查看Dragon2巨大的觸摸屏，我們看到的是與計算機和電話相同的前進方向。

It’s also easier to label things on screen, instead of remembering Switch B13, B16, C9 and Dial A1 to 75 sequences.

在屏幕上標記事物也更容易，而不用記住開關B13，B16，C9和撥A1至75序列。

There’s already enough to do and think about in space, so astronauts can use that brain power elsewhere. And especially on a spacecraft you have a bit more time to react so you can easily take your eyes “off the road” ;)

在太空中已經有足夠的事情要做和思考，因此宇航員可以在其他地方利用這種大腦力量。 尤其是在太空飛船上，您有更多的時間做出React，因此您可以輕松地將視線“移開”；)

I still think that before we go fully autonomous, visual UI’s with various input types will be the main thing. Voice commands are good for skipping a track on Alexa, but piloting a spaceship or driving a car and talking to it seems unnatural and awkward. And very “hands-off”.

我仍然認為，在實現完全自主之前，具有各種輸入類型的可視UI將會成為主要對象。 語音命令很適合跳過Alexa上的曲目，但是駕駛飛船或駕駛汽車并與之交談似乎不自然且笨拙。 而且非常“放手”。

5月30日。 (May 30th.)

Aside from the pure awesomeness of humans exploring space again that started yesterday, I was also happy to see how the evolving interfaces (backed by even more awesome engineering) are pushing us all forward.

除了從昨天開始的人類探索太空的純凈力量之外，我還很高興看到不斷發展的界面(由更出色的工程技術支持)如何推動我們前進。

So now it’s up to us to build some cool interfaces for those touchscreens!

因此，現在由我們來為這些觸摸屏構建一些很酷的界面了！

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我在夜間打擊設計犯罪 ，白天在HYPE4工作。