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Bas Ording

Invented inertial scrolling and the rubber-band bounce for the iPhone.

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The work

What we are celebrating, specifically.

  • Invented the inertial scrolling and rubber-band bounce interactions for the iPhone demo that convinced Steve Jobs a phone could be built from it.
  • Created the Dock magnification effect in Mac OS X, the demo that first got him hired by Steve Jobs.

Apple

UI designer

Joined in 1998; created signature Mac OS X and iPhone interactions.

Why

Why we celebrate them.

You gave the touchscreen a sense of weight and playfulness so it felt alive under our fingers. Thank you, Bas, for the bounce.

Sources — their own pages, so you can check us

  • Cult of Mac
  • The Next Web
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