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Tim Mott and Larry Tesler pioneered user research in 1973–1975

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  • Tim Mott created the guided fantasy
  • Worked with Larry Tesler
  • Human-centered design
    • Work with publishers to create text-editing software
      • Accessible to target audience
  • Text-editing features
    • Drag-through selection for text
    • Cut and paste
      • Pentti Kanerva
    • Double click
  • Desktop (office) metaphor
    • “The simplicity of the representation was the breakthrough!” (54)
  • Larry Tesler was fond of the “blank-screen experiment”

Close your eyes. Blank screen: what does it look like?

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