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IEEE Software, November/December 2009, pp. 88–91

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The Task-Based Interface: Not Your Father's Desktop

by Greg Goth

The typical desktop computing environment hasn't changed much since the mass adoption of the GUI. No matter what operating system your computer might feature, no matter what occupation you pursue, the files-and-folders paradigm is ubiquitous, accepted, and tolerated as so much digital dogma. But for a handful of researchers, this model isn't quite right.

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