Istari

Join Date 05/2001

+20

Other ways of doing user interface design

Don't click it

External Link

Here's a site that has its own view on how computer UI might be done. Check it out.

Locked Post

Advanced Search

Watch this post

Do not email me updates for this post Email me updates for this post

Successfully updated karma reason!

BoXXi

Join Date 03/2001

+393

VERY interesting...............thanks.

Successfully updated karma reason!

Very cool!

Successfully updated karma reason!

Interesting idea, maybe. But the site reminds me of everything that annoys me about flash-only sites. And, for me, the fact that I have to navigate around animated menu itmes that I don't want to display is more annoying than being able simply to click on exactly what I want to see.

Because of that and the fact that the animation is slow on my PC, after the first page of the "story", I found that I didn't care anymore about the story and returned to this site where I can express my opinion and click "Submit."

Successfully updated karma reason!

Sign Up or Login and this ad disappears!
There are many great features available to you once you register. Sign Up for a free account and browse the forums without ads.

Basically to ask a human being, and then millions upon billions to reprogram the inate need to push a button is rediculous....its what we do...we've done it for hundreds of years... and it doesnt apply to just the mouse.....hmmm maybe well be waving our hands in circular motions in an elevator next week? I honestly believe this a wasted effort for someone to be able to say; see look what i can do (BIG Deal)....have a nice day..... I am suprised this made a feature on this site that ussually simplifies my life.... not tries to throw in complications and annoyances

Successfully updated karma reason!

From the site itself:

"Clicking the mousebutton is a wonderful thing to do, because it gives you control over what you want to see."

Yes, exactly what I was thinking.

Successfully updated karma reason!

I like the idea, but it would be too hard to use in an operating system.

Successfully updated karma reason!

Koasati

Join Date 07/2001

+21

Reminds me of sub-menus that automatically open on mouseover........... and I loathe that. I'll stick with button clicking.

Successfully updated karma reason!

Wow, think of all the hours wasted to purposefully make a site with a horrible UI.

Successfully updated karma reason!

I thought it was some good use of Flash. And I enjoyed not clicking

Successfully updated karma reason!

gef

Join Date 08/2001

+15

Not for me.

Successfully updated karma reason!

Nope...

Whilst I appreciate the concept, and the [loads of] hours of work that must have gone into the production, It's not a style of surfing that I'll be adopting anytime soon.

That said, it does look refreshing and clean. But I like to be able [as someone above said] ~to directly click on a link without all the kerfuffle getting in the way.

Successfully updated karma reason!

Saw this back at forum.sweclockers.com, back then i tought it were nice.
And I still think it's nice!!!!

Successfully updated karma reason!

I use a pen, so I never click. I only stab.

Successfully updated karma reason!

PRETTY COOL. NOT FOR ME THOUGH...

Clicking the mousebutton is a wonderful thing to do, because it gives you control over what you want to see.

i agree with that, and that i will stick with...

Successfully updated karma reason!

well i was reading the story from the book and it kept on shrinking again!!

You cant use you mouse pointer to to follow the lines when you read (yeah i know its a kiddy thing to do but i find it easier when reading fron a screen). So give me something direct that you click not a wishy washy floaty thing. Just my personal opinion no offence ment.

Successfully updated karma reason!

Clicking the mousebutton is a wonderful thing to do, because it gives you control over what you want to see.

I 2nd that

Successfully updated karma reason!

I agree with everyone else, but I feel the need to add that this wasn't about new and unique ways to design interfaces for people to interact with. It was simply an attempt to change the way people interact with an existing interface (i.e. mouse gestures). As such, it fails and were it to be implemented it would fail just as badly if not more so as the existing windows UI. Why you ask, because the techniques discussed require as much if not more motor skills and coordination to use as clicking. The study of interface design and human interaction design go far beyond things as simple as how do you activate a button, or select new content.

These are some of the reasons that the MAC (as much as I hate it) get such rave reviews. For people who aren't accustomed to having a program menu attached to the programs main window, the idea of accessing the programs menu by simply *flinging* their mouse to the top of the screen is very easy to pick up and to use. So, here's the question (I'll come back later this afternoon to post the correct answer):

A right-handed user is known to be within 10 pixels of the exact center of a large, 1600 X 1200 screen. You will place a single-pixel target on the screen that the user must point to exactly. List the five pixel locations on the screen that the user can access fastest. For extra credit, list them in order from fastest to slowest access.

Successfully updated karma reason!

The menus are actually one of my more major issues with the Mac OS. Most programs have a menu, it makes no sense to only have one menu bar shared between them.
You wouldn't stick every single programs toolbar in one place would you? Hey! Every program has a title bar, we'll make it so there's only one of those too.
Then there's little point in having non-maximised windows anymore, and we're back to Windows 1.0.

Sometimes it's better to make a user learn something rather than to over-simplify.

Successfully updated karma reason!

uuuh, no.
That was a horrible experience.

Successfully updated karma reason!

It was interesting and I got the hang of it pretty quickly, but I would never want something like that in my OS. Too many times it was a chore to get to the listing I actually wanted. And as someone else mentinoed, the page of the book kept getting smaller because I inadvertantly moved my mouse.
Its not hard not to click for me, its just not practical.

Successfully updated karma reason!

It's too bad that my turretts is getting worse... couldn't keep on the same page for 5 seconds without windows sliding all over the place. :7(

Successfully updated karma reason!

BoXXi

Join Date 03/2001

+393

I am suprised this made a feature on this site that ussually simplifies my life

we didn't feature this..... it's a news item. Anyone can post a news item......even you.

Successfully updated karma reason!

If you're frustrated by that site, maybe this will help.

Posted via WinCustomize Browser/Stardock Central

Successfully updated karma reason!

thomassen

Join Date 01/2003

+10

A right-handed user is known to be within 10 pixels of the exact center of a large, 1600 X 1200 screen. You will place a single-pixel target on the screen that the user must point to exactly. List the five pixel locations on the screen that the user can access fastest. For extra credit, list them in order from fastest to slowest access.

I know this one.

I'll let others guess.

I found this ot be an interesting experiment. I got acustomed to the non-click feature quite quick. All thought, clicking was the first thing I did because it said "Don't click".

I'll be watching the site to see what conclutions they get out of it.

Successfully updated karma reason!

OK, since I don't have any takers here's the answer.

1) The pixel immediately at the current cursor location: Click the mouse and you're done.

1) The bottom-right corner.
2) The top-left corner.
3) The top-right corner.
4) The bottom-left corner.

Successfully updated karma reason!