This is like going down the path where flash has been there, done that.
Few years back, everyone used to love these fancy Flash websites.
Things move around, fly past, jump, bounce etc.
Why? because it was easier to do it with flash.
Thats the past, everyone has realised that all of this does
This is not new, if anyone here remembers DYNAPI. It was possible to
do these things way back in 2000 (or earlier maybe).
Indeed. Bi-directionally scrolling the browser viewport with JS has
been possible (and used) for quite a lng time now.
I strongly disagree on 'no value added', though.
Not sure I agree that pannable interfaces like this are not useful
for retail. Retail isn't always about the purchase or acquisition
task - it can be about 'immersive', exploratory interfaces too.
Some more inspiration can be found at the universally useful Konigi
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John
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This is an interesting model of navigation [1]. A movement analogy, but this
implementation - as much as I can tell - is CSS-powered rather than Java.
Granted [1] is a simple portfolio site but I like the approach to
directional navigation. It provides a real sense of moving about an
environment,
interesting.
i think with the first site you mean javascript, not java. i don't
think the css provides the animation. it is nice and smooth though.
i'm curious to see how it functions with javascript disabled.
the second site is a little chaotic and unfocused for my taste, but
an interesting
Both are using javascript libraries, not java and not so much 'css-powered'
... although in the second case, the whole page gives the user an idea of
the horizontal scroll by virtue of the scrollbar, while the first does not
implement a scrollbar.
Both of these actually have similar approaches,
One further point, which frustrated me a lot upon a second look ...
the first one completely lacks the ability to navigate. Once you
start from the landing page, the javascript slider is hiding and
displaying divs as the user clicks the one prescribed link on each
page or div.
The problem with
Ok, ok, so I was thinking more about the *concept* of 360 degree
movement rather than the specific executions which - although
interesting - are not particularly great.
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From my perspective:
- This particular site's navigation is not useful for retail, education,
or any of a number of things - and luckily its purpose is none of those.
It's a display of skill and creativity by a recent graduate who's apparently
highly versed in front-end coding. Her
Hi John,
See also crumpler.com.au - it is Flash, but it is equally as annoying.
Best regards, Andrew
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 5:04 AM, j...@smorgasbord-design.co.uk wrote:
This is an interesting model of navigation [1]. A movement analogy, but this
implementation - as much as I can tell - is
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