On Mar 23, 2008, at 6:38 PM, Oleg Krupnov wrote:
> Without taking sides and for the sake of objectivity, I'd like to give
> Thermo an alternative view. My background is in development rather
> than
> graphic design, so I'm not an expert in tools like Photoshop,
> Illustrator
> and Fireworks,
> Is it generally accepted that affordance can work in a negative way as
> well? I occasionally come across a web site that mixes in some
> sort of
> salient text (usually colored and underlined) that fools me into
> thinking
> they're links, when in fact, they aren't.
> I agree with David's
AARP.org has extensive publications on older adults use of
technology, including web use:
http://www.aarp.org/research/technology/
> I'm having a very difficult time finding user research on older
> adults and the internet.
>
> Thanks,
> Erin
When I watched the video of Thermo presentation at MAX, I noticed that the
biggest WOW and applause always happened when the presenter right-clicked a
graphical object and selected the "Convert Artwork to" menu and the artwork
magically turned into an interactive control. This discussion thread al
I Guess the main issues with Flash/Flex is the addressing issues that
are common stuff when using standard XHTML/CSS like the back button,
custom urls and other trivialities.
But for great interaction and immersive experiences you have to use
Flash, also to integrate video Flash is the de facto st
Tom Tullis has done a lot of research in this area. Try an ACM digital
library search.
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> development takes longer, there are more issues.. and you inevitably
> end up rebuilding most of the browser functionality that you get with
> HTML for free.
No argument if you are comparing, but they are different beasts. One
of the reasons I love the Flash Platform is the ability for peopl
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The PPT clone is called SlideRocket:
http://www.sliderocket.com/
Another good example is Picnik, photo editor:
http://www.picnik.com/
There was an article on TechCrunch yesterday "Bridging Desktop and Web
Apps" discussing similar issues:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/22/bridging-desktop-and-
On more quick note before I end my rant :)
What about accessibility? font-size changing? both are much more
difficult in Flash, and I imagine Flex is the same...
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Matthew Nish-Lapidus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I have lots of experience working on Flash base
I have lots of experience working on Flash based projects, and overall
it's been about 20% positive, 80% negative. I've found that
development takes longer, there are more issues.. and you inevitably
end up rebuilding most of the browser functionality that you get with
HTML for free.
I'm of the m
Every once in a while the great bald one posts to his blog about an
interaction design issue - this one is good and illustrates that there are
always places to improve the user experience:
The world's worst toaster
*http://tinyurl.com/2t9p4a* We recently acquired what might be the worst
toaster in
Ginny Redish and Dana Chisnell did an extensive literature search on
seniors on the web in 2004 for AARP
http://www.aarp.org/olderwiserwired/oww-resources/a_review_of_recent_literature_2004.html
and the rest of the 'Older, Wiser, Wired' web site is worth combing
through if you're interested in
I guess a less dramatic example comes from the design of paper rolls
for receipt/barcode printers etc. In the last meter or so of the roll,
there is a red line printed on one side of the paper, to alert the
printer users that paper is running out and that they should probably
find a convenient mome
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