For years I’ve complained about the mess of roads at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. First of all, plaza1? Just try getting to the plaza part of Grand Army Plaza. You have to cross an incredibly wide road and then you are literally surrounded by cars that fill you with exhaust fumes. I joke, to this day, that the folks who designed this area were so ashamed, they likely moved away so they’d not have to see what they’d done.
Today I was listening to ATP, Episode 675: Open, Retrieve, Expand, Load and Marco said how Alan Dye and his team “Doge’d” Apple. He’s totally right. They ran roughshod all over the interface and then left! I hope Apple execs are able to undo what’s been done.2
Meanwhile, I’ve been spending time reading the 1992 version of Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines and I’m finding it a very fun read.