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title: Nontraditional Computing
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- status/not-started
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- type/encyclopedia-entry
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# Nontraditional Computing
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**Nontraditional computing** refers to UX patterns
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unlike those originally pioneered by Xerox and IBM,
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and cemented by Apple and Microsoft.
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Desktops, hierarchical filesystems,
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obligatory mouse and keyboard
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Perhaps more accurate is **nontraditional _business_ computing**,
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since the real innovation is making mobile device patterns practical.
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Designers frequently malign traditional computing,
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stating accurately that it was a compromise
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for restrictions that we no longer face,
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but there is very little movement
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on practical implementation of nontraditional patterns.
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[Ink & Switch](https://www.inkandswitch.com/)
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is at the forefront as I understand it,
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however they have as much effort or more
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invested in traditional systems.
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[Liber Indigo](https://www.justinckirkwood.net/liber-indigo)
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is mostly woo-woo, but has some fun things to say about NTC.
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