All of those examples foretell the social implications of the technical structure seen as an interface. The way interfaces work and affect society, ourselves and the way we interact with each other demonstrate the impact the keyword could have.

I would want this keyword to reflect on how our physical human culture and politics implement themselves into the digital and the other way around. Of course, there are restrictions and boundaries in which it can flourish and have a meaning but we should set these boundaries more loosely and allow for new ways to enter into discussions about rights and responsibilities for the user as well as developers and companies. The keyword should open new ways of thinking about the connectedness of the digital and physical realm in which we move fluidly back and forth.

The list of concepts used should propose new entry points to the discussion about the interfaces we encounter every day and our interaction with and through them. Serving as a steady reminder that we are constantly surrounded and in communication with the technical counterpart of the interface and its controlling as well as enabling power.

Through this keyword, I do not propose that the interface is something bad. What I would encourage is the conscious dealing with the hidden factors behind as well as a broader focus not simply on the technical structure of the interface but the social implications intertwined with them.

But how can this rearranged perspective on the interface have any impact or implementation and how can it change the way we deal and interact with the digital?

Looking at the positive aspects of the interface as a mediator through the GUI or WUI for the user, it has an immense impact and leaves even the technical untalented able to use a computer. But are there best practices for GUI and web interface design that should be implemented or improved to protect the user? So why not adapt change there and bring in important features connected to the interface like the design and transparency to the table?

The design of the interface has an imminent power that could just as well as the right of transparency be incorporated into and controlled by policy making for the development of the computer industry as well as web usage. It might be a start to think about requirements for the interface since especially the User Interface Design plays an important role in today’s world of digital marketing and even political campaigning to serve more than the company’s interests. At the same time, it can influence stances towards privacy issues and questions of access and discrimination on the level of the interface itself.

Even though looks of interfaces change continuously the importance of the keyword as well as its impact won’t. It might even invade more spaces of our daily life and how we perceive it as well as react to the change of perception it brings with could rearrange the way we interact with them and each other.

Imagine the future…