Google is announcing Chrome here in Brazil. Cris Dias is live streaming the session (in portuguese):
http://www.qik.com/crisdias BR, On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > @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 > -- R. Seiji Sato Interface Designer http://www.rseiji.com +55 11 8297-2930 São Paulo, Brasil ________________________________________________________________ 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
