Technically, those are not pop-ups but pop-overs - at least, this was
language used when they first appeared. The gray-out is because of
lost functionality. Here are the differences:
Pop-ups set off browser pop-up warnings. They do not stop
functionality on the preceding window - they are simply
InFlow, by Valdis Krebs, is a useful mapping tool. For those more
mathematically inclined, Pajek (pronounced "pah-yeck") is a
fabulous tool for a broad variety of large network data analysis.
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I do agree that game experience carries well into other forms of
interaction design. I've consciously applied game elements to web
apps and sites I've supported, as it seems to me that online gaming
has already done a lot of the heavy lifting in figuring out what
engjavascript:checkForm()ages users
Clearly it affects us on a neurological level. For the young, it may
be comparable to the way language affects us developmentally.
Language, and the possibility for abstract thought it grants us, is
something that is developed early in life. Beyond a certain age,
people are unable to develop the
