LOL! I love this subject line! But perhaps not for the reason you think. I come from Wisconsin and my grandma played the accordion in a polka band. So not to derail a discussion of interface accordions, but let us pause for a moment and consider REAL accordions!
Like, here is my puzzle. If our field had existed at the time that these musical instruments were evolving, would we have told them to toss the design in the ashcan as TOO COMPLEX for any users to master? Look at the humble accordion, for instance. You got a keyboard on one side, funky buttons on the other side (all unlabeled! Oh no! It's worse than blinking 12!), AND you gotta squeeze the damn thing in and out the whole time to make any sounds at all. Plus, it does have a definite tendency to wheeze a bit if you don't know what you're doing, much the same as a clarinet will squeak if you aren't good with the reed yet. AND... it was not designed strictly for professionals, just as that unfretted violin was not. Both have long histories as instruments for blue collar amateurs, to entertain their families, at parties, and so on. Music for the masses, to fiddle jigs (my grandpa played the fiddle, grandma the accordion, and never played together, as far as I know). What of it? Would our field reject most musical instruments as beyond the pale? Could they ever be invented today, or anything remotely like a success? OR would they be more correctly situated as "social" media, since their folk uses were in settings that were primarily social, the very glue that held communities together? Chris On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Kordian Piotr Klecha <[email protected]>wrote: > No, I don't mean harmoshkas, but boxes with sliding parts, e.g.: > http://www.stickmanlabs.com/accordion/ > > We are going to use such box on the main page (in the bottom of column - > not > very important content there, but still) and just wondering about > interactions. Current proposition is: > > 1. Accordion auto-switches to the next part after every 5 seconds when > mouse > pointer is outside the box. > > 2. OnMouseOver any part-title bar opens this part (with latency 200ms). > > 3. Clicking on part-title bar opens it too. > > Especially point 2 is a manner of doubt. > > Any advices, examples, opinions? > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
