glen -- that was one of the best analogies i've seen in a long time. and so true haha
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Glen Maddern <[email protected]>wrote: > re: cooliris and more general 3d interfaces. It's like the Wii. You see > someone else use one and you want it, but then after you've got your own and > used it a few times you realise it's not as useful as you thought :) > > -glen. > > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Adam Salter <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Agreed. >> Exposé is a pretty cool (and useful) technology on the desktop, which >> involves 3d manipulation and effects. >> Also Mover App on iPhone: >> http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/2884/mover-app-does-move-it-move-it >> >> Also, for sake of completeness, MS "Surface" technology, but I've >> _NEVER_ actually seen as more than a product demonstration... >> >> I still think it would make a great 'history' browser as long as it is >> still accessible and degrades gracefully... >> >> -Adam >> >> On 15/07/2009, at 10:34 AM, Nathan de Vries wrote: >> >> > >> > On 15/07/2009, at 10:00 AM, James Salter wrote: >> >> Revolution? yeah maybe for say, band websites, but I'm sceptical this >> >> is a big deal for anyone trying to develop web apps with complexity >> >> anywhere above trivial. >> > >> > 3D effects probably won't be used too much in practical cases, but >> > Snow Stack demonstrates much more than 3D effects. I think we're >> > slowly going to see web pages transition from static, boxy pages into >> > fluid applications that respect the principles of animation [1]. We've >> > already seen this on the iPhone, where (mostly) appropriate use of >> > animation makes interacting with applications much more pleasurable. >> > CSS transforms open the door to decent animation on the web. >> > >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Nathan de Vries >> > >> > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_basic_principles_of_animation >> > >> > > >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Glen Maddern > 0423 118 405 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
