User Interfaces in the movies August 10, 2007

It’s incredible how Hollywood can completely overhaul reality when it comes to computer screens in movies. Why is it so much easier to use computers in films? It never ceases to amaze me. It’s funny to think that these bloopers are being watched by all those high end developers out there, creating complex applications for a living. It’s even funnier that user experience professionals like so many of us get to run heuristic evaluations right there in our heads. Here are some of the funniest bloopers…

• The user interfaces in movies are either in 3D or are animated.
• Code is always being cracked in movies and it always appears as green text on a black background.
• A computer blowing up signifies a crash of the operating system or the successful upload of a virus onto the system.