I think the move is to more 'just in time' UI. Look at tabs, more popular than ever. All the cool browsers are using them now. :) They only show what pages you have active at any given time.
The entire Office 2007 UI is built around task based, just in time UI; contextual Ribbon tabs, for example. They are a blending of right click/context menus, toolbars, and modeless dialogs. All widgets have their place, but the ideal situation for any tool is to only make it available when it's useful. It's not always easy to figure out when that is, but then that's why there are designers around - to work on those sorts of problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39547 ________________________________________________________________ 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
