When you think of user interfaces you generally think of screens, buttons, knobs and maybe some documentation on how to use these objects. But lets get away from that for a moment, if you don’t mind.
One of the oldest and most relevant user interfaces is the book. Books generally include page numbers, blocks of text [...]
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/
Check out some of what Adobe’s got planned for the next Flash Player release. Will we be able to compete with “Microsoft Sparkle” (aka Silverlight) ?
For those that like Video
A question to the community at large. I’ve been asked to give an opinion on the PNG file format. More specifically, if it would be worth it to include a PNG version of products in the process of creating web photo assets. Note that I’m referring to a large number of product images (in the [...]
“‘People who like cheddar cheese are inherently better than people who like gouda.’ Now that’s obviously silly.” – Dave Winer
The only thing I take issue with is the word “users”.
I found this to be a very interesting read:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/switched-on-apples-brash-flash-clash-rehash/
I find my mac loyalty waning as they become a bigger player in the world of consumer electronics. Has anyone noticed that Best Buy is now an Apple Authorized Reseller? I’m sure that has something to do with CompUSA closing half it’s stores, but I digress.
I [...]
Computers are smart. They can do lots of cool things like tell me it’s my turn to pick up the produce from the CSA or load up an interesting blog post for you to read. Unfortunately, ’social network’ startup Pownce.com isn’t buying the smartest computers.
They need to be told the difference between a message, [...]
First post here, for a longtime reader and sometime coffee-time attender.
My company is hiring.
I’m particularly keen to see the Web Designer position filled by someone with IA and usability interests and skills.
Feel free to contact me privately at peter at peknet.com about my experience at Atomic Learning.
I played around with Pipes and aside from loosely matching iTunes songs with YouTube videos or loosely matching Flickr photos with NY Times articles, I’ve yet to ‘get it’.
The interface itself is pretty – and seemingly powerful and simple. Reminiscent of Microsoft’s Visual Basic or Apple’s Automator. But in the end, Pipes is chartjunk – [...]
The Enchanted Office: One Upon a User Interface
Everything you’d expect in a comic is there; wizards, Buffy references, overall-wearing Rhinoceroses, cubicles, pie charts.
I quite like how subtle the ‘Download trial’ link…and all the non-navigational links are.
via Experientia
Note to self: Review OLPC Human Interface Guidelines
“This UI is quite simply one of the deepest and most interesting redesigns of the desktop user interface ever produced. It makes MacOS look like what it is – boring and unoriginal.” – Mike Hearn