Transparent Technology

What I am thinking of here is systems where the technology is invisible or transparent such as the web applications Flickr, WordPress & VOX and the definition from

http://geekgoesmeow.blogspot.com/2006/03/transparent-technology.html

... the best applications (be them standalone software apps or web applications) are those in which the technology is transparent to the user. By that, I mean that the user is free to focus on the intent of the app, rather than struggle with or jump through hoops with the technology behind it. Bloglines is one such app...

Here are a couple more "technology transparency" links:

• http://www.wtvi.com/teks/dynamical/
• http://www.bollier.org/trans_tech.htm

The later is a also great introduction to why "open source" is a "political" force !

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