User Interface, "progressive disclosure", and AJAX

[Darren Dirt]

http://experiencedynamics.blogs.com/site_search_usability/2007/12/ajax-usability.html

interesting summary of how to take advantage of AJAX in ways that help User Interfaces do what they are supposed to do -- make it easier for data-hunters to seek what they are on the hunt for, or at least make it easier to scan for the precise nuggets they care about.


-part of "Demystifying Usability", an excellent alternative to the demagoguery of Jakob for anyone who keeps up on "[web]useability" theory... ( also worth reading, and timely: Multitouch Interfaces , What *is* Design? )

[Mr. Analog]

I have observed that usability takes a back seat to consistency.

You can write an app that looks like butt and have happy users as long as their UI is consistently horrible in the same way throughout.

[Darren Dirt]

You can write an app that looks like butt and have happy users as long as their UI is consistently horrible in the same way throughout.

Explains the enduring "success" of Peoplesoft, don't it?

[Mr. Analog]

You can write an app that looks like butt and have happy users as long as their UI is consistently horrible in the same way throughout.

Explains the enduring "success" of Peoplesoft, don't it?

Or Blotus Gotes

[Thorin]

Blotus Gotes doesn't have happy users, it has happy administrators.

[Mr. Analog]

Blotus Gotes doesn't have happy users, it has happy administrators.

ROFL, touche!

[Mr. Analog]

Just bumped into this timely article:
http://www.componenthouse.com/article-21

[Thorin]

Just bumped into this timely article:
http://www.componenthouse.com/article-21

Hilarious!  And oh so true...

[Mr. Analog]

Just bumped into this timely article:
http://www.componenthouse.com/article-21

Hilarious!  And oh so true...

I done made me laugh too!