Comments for Bill Higgins' Blog http://billhiggins.us/blog Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:49:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on AppleScript to resize Safari for recording a YouTube HD video by Patrick Mueller http://billhiggins.us/blog/2010/02/28/script-to-resize-safari-for-recording-a-youtube-hd-video/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Patrick Mueller Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:49:22 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/blog/?p=137#comment-279 Good excuse to give github a try; I've saved this as a gist: http://gist.github.com/318468 ; one reason to do it as a gist instead of inline in your blog entry is that your blog software converted the double quotes to "smart quotes". urghhhh .... Good excuse to give github a try; I’ve saved this as a gist: http://gist.github.com/318468 ; one reason to do it as a gist instead of inline in your blog entry is that your blog software converted the double quotes to “smart quotes”. urghhhh ….

]]> Comment on the Uncanny Valley of user interface design by Contrast | The Blog | Gmail finds a new Uncanny Valley http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/05/17/the-uncanny-valley-of-user-interface-design/comment-page-2/#comment-154 Contrast | The Blog | Gmail finds a new Uncanny Valley Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:05:58 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/05/17/the-uncanny-valley-of-user-interface-design/#comment-154 [...] familiar with the Uncanney Valley that is the gap between desktop interfaces and accurately recreated, desktop-lik.... But there’s an Uncanney Valley between real web interfaces and mock web interfaces, which [...] [...] familiar with the Uncanney Valley that is the gap between desktop interfaces and accurately recreated, desktop-lik…. But there’s an Uncanney Valley between real web interfaces and mock web interfaces, which [...]

]]> Comment on the Uncanny Valley of user interface design by EvilTed http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/05/17/the-uncanny-valley-of-user-interface-design/comment-page-2/#comment-152 EvilTed Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:02:53 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/05/17/the-uncanny-valley-of-user-interface-design/#comment-152 Just because it violates YOUR mental model Bill doesn't mean it does so for others. Not everyone has the 12 year old baggage on the Web you have and more and more people are expecting rich desktop functionality in their Web apps. In fact, if this were the case, we'd never have evolved from HTML 1.0 would we? The reason Gmail is successful is because it is Google. Google Wave is written with their RIA toolkit GWT looks very much like a desktop application and nothing like your outdated Web model... Just because it violates YOUR mental model Bill doesn’t mean it does so for others.

Not everyone has the 12 year old baggage on the Web you have and more and more people are expecting rich desktop functionality in their Web apps.

In fact, if this were the case, we’d never have evolved from HTML 1.0 would we?

The reason Gmail is successful is because it is Google.
Google Wave is written with their RIA toolkit GWT looks very much like a desktop application and nothing like your outdated Web model…

]]> Comment on the Uncanny Valley of user interface design by Ross http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/05/17/the-uncanny-valley-of-user-interface-design/comment-page-2/#comment-153 Ross Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:26:57 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/05/17/the-uncanny-valley-of-user-interface-design/#comment-153 "I went to the Uncanny Valley and all I got were funny looks" ;-) http://www.cafepress.com/Amicus.397866354 “I went to the Uncanny Valley and all I got were funny looks”
;-)

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]]> Comment on frameworks and building blocks by Ramki Gaddipati http://billhiggins.us/blog/2008/10/10/frameworks-and-building-blocks/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Ramki Gaddipati Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:12:03 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/?p=85#comment-182 I too believe there will be numerous adopters for "OSGi for JavaScript" with more and more RIAs adopting JS+HTML5+CSS route. Are there any plans to opensource it? I too believe there will be numerous adopters for “OSGi for JavaScript” with more and more RIAs adopting JS+HTML5+CSS route. Are there any plans to opensource it?

]]> Comment on the Uncanny Valley of user interface design by Sten’s Blog » Blog Archive » Dumbing Down Our User Experience http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/05/17/the-uncanny-valley-of-user-interface-design/comment-page-2/#comment-148 Sten’s Blog » Blog Archive » Dumbing Down Our User Experience Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:28:27 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/05/17/the-uncanny-valley-of-user-interface-design/#comment-148 [...] from now, but for the present trying to erase the line between the two types is what leads us to “The Uncanny Valley of User Interface Design”, as outlined in Bill Higgins’ excellent post. In a nutshell: web apps should conform to a [...] [...] from now, but for the present trying to erase the line between the two types is what leads us to “The Uncanny Valley of User Interface Design”, as outlined in Bill Higgins’ excellent post. In a nutshell: web apps should conform to a [...]

]]> Comment on frameworks and building blocks by Hendy Irawan http://billhiggins.us/blog/2008/10/10/frameworks-and-building-blocks/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Hendy Irawan Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:39:12 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/?p=85#comment-181 Hi Bill... I was wondering if the "OSGi for JavaScript" project is available for public consumption? i.e. at least open sourcing & collaborating on it would be really great, as I'm currently looking for exactly this... Hi Bill…

I was wondering if the “OSGi for JavaScript” project is available for public consumption? i.e. at least open sourcing & collaborating on it would be really great, as I’m currently looking for exactly this…

]]> Comment on detecting that you're in an IFrame by Jens http://billhiggins.us/blog/2009/04/09/detecting-that-youre-in-an-iframe/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Jens Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:04:43 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/?p=110#comment-183 If you use the equality operator (!=) rather than identity operator (!==), then it works in IE. If you use the equality operator (!=) rather than identity operator (!==), then it works in IE.

]]> Comment on the Uncanny Valley of user interface design by Bill Higgins http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/05/17/the-uncanny-valley-of-user-interface-design/comment-page-2/#comment-150 Bill Higgins Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:05:35 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/05/17/the-uncanny-valley-of-user-interface-design/#comment-150 @alinear Great points. I think I agree with your last paragraph and this is a flaw in my argument. @alinear Great points. I think I agree with your last paragraph and this is a flaw in my argument.

]]> Comment on the Uncanny Valley of user interface design by alinear http://billhiggins.us/blog/2007/05/17/the-uncanny-valley-of-user-interface-design/comment-page-2/#comment-149 alinear Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:01:36 +0000 http://billhiggins.us/weblog/2007/05/17/the-uncanny-valley-of-user-interface-design/#comment-149 I don't think one can cite Active Desktop and the horribly kludgy Java attempts at mimicking native UI widgets as adequate cause not to deviate from 'expected norms'. Let's face it - the problem with these implementations is not that they changed the game, but is that they did so very poorly. I'm also amused when anyone goes on about UX design based on paradigms that have hardly baked for more than a single generation. I have reasonable doubt my daughter is going to think of a web application as even being a 'web application', let alone something that should resemble today's gmail garbage (I'm hoping she won't even be shackled to a mouse). There is nothing wrong with applications for the web, desktop or otherwise that deviate from expectation or blur boundaries, provided they do so purposefully and with good design. But really it is time we stopped worrying about context and focused mainly on purpose. I don’t think one can cite Active Desktop and the horribly kludgy Java attempts at mimicking native UI widgets as adequate cause not to deviate from ‘expected norms’. Let’s face it – the problem with these implementations is not that they changed the game, but is that they did so very poorly.

I’m also amused when anyone goes on about UX design based on paradigms that have hardly baked for more than a single generation. I have reasonable doubt my daughter is going to think of a web application as even being a ‘web application’, let alone something that should resemble today’s gmail garbage (I’m hoping she won’t even be shackled to a mouse).

There is nothing wrong with applications for the web, desktop or otherwise that deviate from expectation or blur boundaries, provided they do so purposefully and with good design. But really it is time we stopped worrying about context and focused mainly on purpose.

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