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Prefab: What if We Could Modify Any Interface?

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Uploaded by on Mar 29, 2010

Imagine if every interface was open source. Any of us could modify the software we use every day. Unfortunately, we don't have the source.

Prefab realizes this vision using only the pixels of everyday interfaces. This video shows the use of Prefab to add new functionality to Adobe Photoshop, Apple iTunes, and Microsoft Windows Media Player. Prefab represents a new approach to deploying HCI research in everyday software, and is also the first step toward a future where anybody can modify any interface.

Presented by Morgan Dixon and James Fogarty at CHI 2010.

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  • This is fantastic! I've always wanted to do something similar to this. Glad to see such advancements have been made in the development of such tools.

  • Wow, I had no idea there were cool GUI enhancements like that

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  • cool clip thanks for sharing ..

  • nice tutorial

  • YouTube's Transcribe Audio feature is so funny!

    “Mazzola Firefights” xD LOL ROFLMAO

  • were can i download it? ^.^

  • dowantdowantdowant

    dude, put the download up!

  • you should get some visual designers on board, because it looks plain ugly :)

  • @TheCrowdsVoice what kind? and why can't they already be done with curl or greasemonkey?

  • @TheCrowdsVoice What do illegal internet activities have to do with this...?

  • i like video but the idea is week be cause it's just enhancement of something else in background. Rather make better cross platform enhancements...

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