Archive for March, 2004

GUI-style Drag and Drop

Wednesday, March 24th, 2004

Check out Canon’s digital camera comparison page. I haven’t seen drag and drop used in this way (for commercial purposes) on but 2 other sites before. Yes, it is Flash, but they use it in a smooth, simple, and useful way that supports an interaction that (many) people understand.
And just in case people [...]

One more thing…

Wednesday, March 24th, 2004

…that Sagan can do…
I received this email from Claire yesterday while i was at work. Really brightened my day.

Sagan is a little girl. She just got out the orange juice container from the fridge all by herself. Then she took her stool to the counter, and poured herself a drink. The [...]

UPA 2004 - Connecting Communities

Friday, March 19th, 2004

The 2004 UPA conference will be held this year in Minneapolis, MN. It runs from June 7 though June 11. The conference offically opens on the 9th, but the 7th and 8th are devoted to workshops and tutorials.
It should be a fun conference. But, part of the reason I am posting about [...]

On Andrei’s On Jakob

Wednesday, March 17th, 2004

Andrei’s post over at Design by Fire is an excellent deconstruction of Jakob Neilsen’s recent useit article. It seems that, to the extent that Andrei deconstructs, Yakob’s offering was the last straw.