@daveIxD made an interesting point earlier today which I think is worth exploring. In a "browser" built from the ground-up for delivering RIAs -- we seem to be hitting a metaphor conflict. If we are using Chrome for RIAs, then the browse-document mental model no longer works, and neither does all it's associated baggage, i.e. the "Back" button.
Will apps designed for this new browser toss out the browse-doc model with it's back, forward, and replace it with a more App-appropriate mental model that includes a robust Action-Commit-Undo-Redo functionality? I mean - really - in today's apps like, CS3, you don't browse - so this new Chrome should or should not be called a browser? Not sure, but I can see the train-wreck caused by this cognitive dissonance. Would Chrome as an RIA App Shell rock - especially if we finally had a robust undo? Absolutely. How about a history of actions like I have in CS3? I would love that, but for many users, this switch requires a gestalt switch. At the most basic metaphorical level, these are two very different models, with different user expectations. @daveIxD - Dude, you have been teaching RIA - how would you handle this? PS: The comic was nice. On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 2:25 PM, pauric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > regarding my comic book gripes, I'm referring to the link floating > around on the internets > http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/ > > as opposed to the slightly less constrained view in the original > poster's link > http://books.google.com/books?id=8UsqHohwwVYC &printsec=frontcover > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.128 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill | gtalk: wkevans4 twitter: semanticwill | skype: semanticwill --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
