InfoWorld: How rich is the rich GUI? continues discussion on the pull to return to “rich” GUIs rather than boring old HTML.
When we eschew the utilitarian Web-style interface in favor of something richer, let’s make sure it’s really valuable.
While it’s true that the browser needs an infusion of GUI richness, the reverse is also true. The GUI needs to learn a thing or two from the browser.
The FisheyeMenuDemo is a good argument for just giving up on creating a new “Rich” interface experience. Whether in Flash or using CSS, it’s a bad idea.
Phil Wolff’s Project Management Process is long and looks to be very complete.
Have a truly wonderful day.
A reminder that if you have been thinking or troubled about something for a period of time, and you only get a brief, passing moment to talk about it, resist the urge to just blurt it out. Not really very effective.
Tantek solves a number of CSS issues with IE 5.x Win using a Mid Pass Filter.
A new Boxes and Arrows piece discussing De Facto Standards on the Web
At what point is a design practice so dominant that varying from it degrades the usability of a site? Are users expectations set when 90% of sites do something a certain way? Or does it require less frequency (80%, 70%, or even 60%)?
After a sequence of events that I’d rather not go into here, I recently bought the Canon Digital Rebel.
I’ve got a 6.3 Megapixel SLR with 35-zone AF Point-Linked Evaluative Metering
I’ve got a really nice Canon EF28-135 USM lens with image stabilization.
I’ve got all the post-production software I could ever need.
Now if I could just take an interesting picture.
Hardly anyone reads my little weblog, and yet I get a comment spam or two every day. I suspect it will get worse before it gets better, so after hearing about Jay Allen’s MT-Blacklist anti-spam plugin for Movable Type I thought I’d try a little preventative medicine and install it.
Seems to be having a problem with SQLite, which is what I’m using for storage. I’m not the only one, am I? Anyway, Jay is still awake and working on a solution now.
Can’t stop lovin’ Mozilla Firebird. Today it’s because of the EditCSS Mozilla Firebird Extension. On any page, hit CTRL-8 and you get a side panel with that pages stylesheet(s) loaded. Edit and see the effects live.