Windows and mirrors (7-9)

Windows and mirrors (7-9)

David Botler and Diane Gromola bring the book into a cool ending by discussing the cultural concept surrounding humans and the use of new media. The authors manage to present this through a concept of terminal time which defines us. This book has been an amazing experience as now the authors give me a lot to think about. There is n doubt that each person is attracted to different things. This is because it is a factor of how we have been brought up and what the culture we exist in dictates.

This discussion of terminal time is really helpful because it will assist designers to be able to incorporate all the things that will most probably impress everybody who will uses the interface. This will involve the use of impressive colours, fonts, pictures and many things that readily appeals to the eye. What is more captivating is that the authors manage to stay on topic through maintaining the discussion on windows and mirrors. Terminal time turns out to be a perfect blend of windows and mirrors because it uses both reflectivity and transparency. It is what we know of the past that allows us to easily translate to the present and adopt to the future.

These chapters were very interesting to read but mostly educative. The language used was very simple and interesting and that made many people including me enjoy this book. The authors did a marvellous work and now I understand many things that are in the interfaces we interact with, and why they are the way they are.