Sadek Drobi’s Blog

July 11, 2008

Is Stream-oriented a better UI paradigm than Document-oriented for today’s knowledge workers?

Filed under: Functional Programming, InfoQ, Useability — Sadache @ 12:40 pm

In Bryce Harrington’s opinion, document-oriented paradigm of user interface is not any longer optimal. Most often people deal with streams of information rather than static documents. Harrington advocates for a shift towards a new UI paradigm that would make stream management easier. Many tools and technologies are already based on stream-oriented approach; others are instrumental for adopting it.

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