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Aza Raskin

Personal blog · humanized.com/weblogdesignprogramming

Aza Raskin writes Humanized.com, a personal blog at humanized.com about design and programming. Since 2007, 26 different Hacker News readers have linked it 29 times, most often “Monolog Boxes and Transparent Messages”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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29mentions?
26HN people?
2007–2011first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 11 in 2008

Most-linked posts?

  1. /enso/launcher/
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-02-07
  2. Monolog Boxes and Transparent Messages
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-07-01
  3. /
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-01-19
  4. /enso/
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-03-11

What Hacker News says?

  1. sp332 · 2011-12-01
    How about something like Archy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy#Features It was never polished but you can still play with an old (windows) build: http://users-www.wineme.fb5.uni-siegen.de/home/SebastianDrax... Edit: or for a gui, something like Enso (for the whole OS) http://humanized.com/enso or Ubiquity https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Ubiquity/Latest_Ubiquity_User_... (for the browser) Both are abandoned open-s…

    Comment linking /enso

    on “Ivo – a reimagined Unix terminal system”
  2. Bluem00 · 2007-12-13

    Submitted Undo Made Easy With Ajax as a story · 13 points

    HN discussion
  3. sp332 · 2009-05-05
    The Ubiquity team at Mozilla is lead by Aza Raskin, son of Jef Raskin. (Jef wrote the book "Humane Interfaces" and developed THE (The Humane Environment), which never progressed beyond the tech demo you can read about at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy and download the last version from https://users-www.wineme.fb5.uni-siegen.de/home/Sebastian%20... ). Aza started Humanized, to develop Enso, a direct predecessor…

    Comment linking /

    on “Oberon, a delightfully insane system”
  4. bmaier · 2007-09-17

    Submitted Free Humanized Enso Mashups Released (They Function in or out of the browser) as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  5. morbidkk · 2010-03-24
    name as well as logo is similar to http://humanized.com/enso/

    Comment linking /enso/

    on “5" Android Tablet $155”
  6. dcurtis · 2008-01-01

    Submitted Good UI: Monolog Boxes and Transparent Messages as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  7. bayareaguy · 2008-01-19
    I only like that for short things. One of these days I hope to find a way to get a browser to follow a link by opening a smaller window/area directly in the text. That way I don't entirely lose the visual context on the screen. I've been told the original Xanadu system was designed that way. Enso also uses this idea in places. Now that the http://www.humanized.com developers have joined Mozilla, I'm somewhat optimis…

    Comment linking /

    on “Two AI Pioneers. Two Bizarre Suicides. What Really Happened?”
  8. Readmore · 2007-12-13

    Submitted Splashup reviewd by a User Interface blog. - It's pretty rough as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  9. mcormier · 2009-08-05
    Namely is a less complicated alternative to Quicksilver on OS X. It only works for applications. http://amarsagoo.info/namely/ Enso is interesting alternative to launchy on Windows. It's no longer in active development. http://humanized.com/enso/launcher/

    Comment linking /enso/launcher/

    on “How I (almost) use my computer without a mouse”
  10. wumi · 2008-07-01

    Submitted Interface Math as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  11. sp332 · 2009-08-03
    Looks like Enso http://humanized.com/enso/launcher/fingertips.php , which is no longer actively maintained but is pretty much complete. Actually, a bunch of the developers were absorbed into Mozilla to do Ubiquity, which has a similar UI for web commands and is in early beta https://ubiquity.mozilla.com/ .

    Comment linking /enso/launcher/fingertips.php

    on “Reinventing the desktop (part 2): I heard you like lists”
  12. alexitosrv · 2009-08-05

    Submitted The “Over The Phone” Test [2006] as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  13. sp332 · 2010-02-10
    Even worse is the Monolog Box! http://humanized.com/weblog/2006/09/11/monolog_boxes_and_tra...

    Comment linking /weblog/2006/09/11/monolog_boxes_and_transparent_messages/

    on “Modal dialogs are evil”
  14. nirmal · 2008-07-10

    Submitted Humanized Weblog: No More More Pages? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  15. webwright · 2007-12-13
    Ow. That's harsh. They also did http://www.songza.com/ , which I think is pretty elegant. Here's the response to the Quicksilver Clone accusations: http://humanized.com/weblog/2007/11/01/enso-quicksilver-for-... At the end of the day, these guys are pretty sharp about UI, IMO-- whether they cloned something or not.

    Comment linking /weblog/2007/11/01/enso-quicksilver-for-windows/

    on “Splashup reviewd by a User Interface blog. - It's pretty rough”
  16. chunkyslink · 2010-05-02

    Submitted Designing Without Modal Overlays as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. rms · 2008-07-02
    http://www.humanized.com/ ?

    Comment linking /

    on “ ContextFree.js & Algorithm Ink: Making Art with Javascript”
  18. brm · 2008-07-22

    Submitted Language Based Interfaces, Part 1 of the Problem as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. cheald · 2010-03-11
    Scammy and spammy. Where are the specs? Sure, you can get different storage sizes, that's nice. What about the internals? Screen size, resolution, and technology? Battery life? 3G data bands? Weight? Dimensions? Has anyone reputable reviewed these? The name and logo both look to be ripped off from http://humanized.com/enso/ The OP's account is brand new, and has already spammed it up a few times: http://news.ycombin…

    Comment linking /enso/

    on “Carry in your pocket Google Android MID with Wifi, 3G and GPS”
  20. karzeem · 2007-10-09

    Submitted The Highlights and Lowlights of Usability in the World of Open-Source Software as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. timf · 2009-02-07
    And before joining Mozilla, the same guys who work on ubiquity worked on the similar product "enso launcher" for desktops which you should also investigate: http://humanized.com/enso/launcher/

    Comment linking /enso/launcher/

    on “Ask HN: Are patents worthwhile?”
  22. mahipal · 2010-05-04

    Submitted Are Adaptive Interfaces the Answer? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. vineet7kumar · 2008-07-02
    OOPS I forgot to give the link. It is a startup by Aza Raskin and his friends. The link is http://www.humanized.com Even if you don't use it do check out the demo. It's nice.

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask YC: What should I use for front end GUI development?”
  24. ehsanul · 2009-07-24

    Submitted Calculate The Efficiency of Your User Interface as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. soho · 2008-09-12

    Submitted Enso (Aza Raskin) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. bootload · 2008-07-01

    Submitted Monolog Boxes and Transparent Messages as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  27. boucher · 2008-01-22

    Submitted Enzo - quicksilver like tool for windows as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  28. iamelgringo · 2008-01-17

    Submitted Enso Demo (Flash movie) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  29. brett · 2007-03-09

    Submitted Humanized Weblog: Command Line for the Common Man: The Command Line Comeback as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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