> > Normal people don't use the Task Manager in Windows today. And when > introduced to it, it's usually in the "bad use case" flow, which gives > them a negative connotation of what it is. In other words, when they > have to use the Task Manager it means something is broken. The only > perception the Task Manager in Google Chrome might bring to the > average user in my opinion is that the browser is now as broken as > Windows is. > Ooof. I don't know about this. Sure, I'm not the "standard" user, but the task manager is a blessing. I don't know if an interface to help you nuke a page is going to make you think that the browser is broken. A hanging window, a lagging page, a complete browser lock, -that- already makes people think browsers are broken.
It all depends on what the task manager looks like. With proper styling and design, the task manager could be made very friendly, listing pages / processes in nice, readable fonts, with some friendly iconography and a message that clearly denotes "this one is working, this one is not, and you can fix it easily" etc. > > How is this any different than opening a new window (via menu or right > click or the code doing it for you) and removing the chrome? Which you > can do and have been able to do in all the browsers for at least 8 years? > I see what you are getting at here, but I think there's a more natural interaction going on here. The interaction is more naturalistic, maybe even gesture-like. "Oh, I just grab this and move it over here and presto." Although I agree that the innovation here is subtle, the more I am using this thing the more I am starting to believe that we have here a very tasty little acorn that could grow into something magnificent, even if only through germinating other browsers with its own DNA. But I also agree that the changes are aimed at developers, and they will have to drive the possibilities for this app. I'm thinking about using this browser exclusively for a few days as a deep immersion test. Anyone thinking of doing the same? -Damon Dimmick User Experience SitePen Inc. ________________________________________________________________ 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
