Comments on: Skype, Remember The Milk, Interface Design That Makes You Smile

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:02:53 +0000

Garrick- You can expect a call from Yahoo as soon as you label it Web 3.0. Unfortunately I’ve already Panteted the system for combining ajax, DHTML, and Windex. You can start paying royalties whenever you’d like.

However the new Microsoft (Google) will sue me as they will have applied for the pantent after I have and win without prior art.

By: Garrick Van Buren

Garrick Van Buren — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:24:20 +0000

I’ve got AJAX, Mr. Clean, and some Windex in my kitchen - when can I expect the call from Yahoo?

By: Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:53:19 +0000

Darrel,

I think there is a fine granularity of difference here.. not much, but worth a quick mention.

The difference is that search panes help ween the choices down.. you go from everything down to few*.. where as with form validation, you are going from ERROR/INVALID to “Check”

In other words, even though you expect:
1)to have many items to search through AND
2)an empty field is invalid/unacceptable

One activity is a “hunt” while the other is a boolean, ok or not ok. I’m not sure how most people come up with passwords, but this would only flow nicely if you had a single “root” password that you built on to make it more complex (or acceptable)

That said.. I do agree with your AJAX take

*assuming Firefox search is like Opera’s quick find

By: Darrel

Darrel — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:28:54 +0000

“Error Messaging presenting itself before iâ€™ve finished typing my verification of password saying itâ€™s invalid seems awkward. ”

It is. At first. But once you get the hang of it (like Firefox’s search pane) you realize how great it is.

But, remember, AJAX isn’t about better interaction…it’s about being Web 2.0 and getting bought by Yahoo or Google. ;o)

By: Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:38:03 +0000

Mark,

I felt the same way. I half wondered if there should be a slight pause before it starts sending feedback… even a second delay would be better.

I’m not sure the best way to do that though.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:47:05 +0000

I’m amazed at the simplicity, while perplexed at some of the execution. Error Messaging presenting itself before i’ve finished typing my verification of password saying it’s invalid seems awkward. People expect systems to be “intelligent”, this could be confusing for lesser experienced users.

Otherwise, I think uses of Ajax like this should be implimented more often. However, It will be a long time before major companies gain enough skills internally to impliment beautiful interaction like this.

By: Garrick Van Buren

Garrick Van Buren — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:09:03 +0000

Thanks Eddie, I fixed the link.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:50:04 +0000

I signed up just to see the process. I like the check that shows up as you type, very slick.

Also, you have the link to rememberthemilk.com wrong. Google found it quick enough for me though

This reminds me of a “task list” pet peeve I have.. It would be nice if lists made an effort to understand priority levels. You can change the importance priority- but it doesn’t matter. Or more to the point, there are reminders that are kind of pointless to be reminded of if you miss it.. “Jessica Alba will be at the corner bar at 9:00 PM on Friday” does no good once Saturday rolls around. Why can’t we set an appointment to disappear or “go away” once the time has passed? I hate coming back from vacation and opening Outlook to find 32 messages of junk that I don’t care about any more “Reminder: Staff meeting! 2days overdue”