It is true that tool help people increase efficiency in their daily work and life and have become the inseparable parts. It likes the analogy in ‘ A fish can’t judge the water’ by Femke Snelting. The author’s physiotherapist said, “if you prepare a sauce…and stir with a wooden spoon… you will be able to feel at which moment exactly the starch starts to burn to the bottom of the pan”. Obviously, the tools discussed in the article are much more advanced than wooden spoons, but the software which is similar with the wooden spoon has become a tool people use everyday and helps people make sense of surrounding environment better and faster. The link bellow show a tool which can be used to help blind people to enjoy the views of landscape.
This commercial directly shows the situation that how the tools help people to feel the space around their bodies.
We can easily find a lot of examples about the viewpoints mentioned in the article which is used to illustrate the relationship between people and software. Whether it is computer of other electronic devices. People like to improve them constantly and make them miniaturized. The portable devices have become mainstream, such as Apple Watch and Google Glass, and it is possible that people will be able to manipulate these devices as they controlling a part of their bodies. A lot of functions of devices, such as camera, mobile phones and heart-rate monitor, are gathered come together.
When it comes to the relationship between people and tools. People increasingly want to be able to make tools rather than use tools, because not all of the tools can be user friendliness. For example, there are a lot of software can be chosen be game designers, and they need to choose a comfortable one from these tools, such as Unity 3D and Unreal. In other words, people, sometimes, can be limited by tools since they do not need all functions of the software, meanwhile, the software cannot fully meet people’s needs. Open source software offers reader the opportunities to type and make them easier to read while considering the experience of other readers.
In the relationship between tools and people, we can find that people are increasingly pursing a perfect user experience and want to make their own tools which are easier to use. Just like the painters are no longer satisfied with the brushes and pigment sold in the store. In addition, people are gradually getting rid of shackles of the tools and make the tools to help them really.
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