In Search Of The Perfect UI

submitted by MikeBorozdin 2 months, 9 days ago

mikeborozdin.com — All the user interfaces are created within an established paradigm that we are used to. Is there a way of going beyond the paradigm? Is it possible to create the perfect UI? To make a brand new way of interaction between people and computers? read more...

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Print Designer Doing Web

submitted by ailon 4 months, 23 days ago

devblog.ailon.org — A story about good print designers trying to design web sites and not wanting to learn a thing. read more...

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Microsoft building yet another new UI framework?

submitted by Jemm 7 months, 27 days ago

istartedsomething.com — Bearing in mind the arsenal of Windows UI frameworks that exists today - Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight, Windows Forms, Win32, Media Center Markup Language, Microsoft Foundation Classes and more from third parties; Microsoft has decided to build yet another one “to enable new UI experiences in future versions of Windows”. read more...

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5 Elements of Style For Error Messages

vbnotebookfor.net — Five stylistic elements to consider when developing an error message UI for your applications. read more...

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Graphical User Interfaces in XNA

ziggyware.com — Krisc from jsedlak.org has sent in an article on Graphicsl User Interfaces in XNA. Krisc covers several GUI related topics including input management, graphics rendering and using XML. The article summarizes with example code for a simple GUI screen complete with configurable XML. read more...

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Blinded by the user interface

gojko.net — A friend of mine has a problem - his team worked for months on a big system with great success, marvellous technical achievements and a very elegant architecture. However, the users don’t share his enthusiasm. They don’t appreciate the architecture, flexibility and openness to change. Somehow, they seem ‘blinded by the user interface‘. read more...

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Being a responsible open source developer

published 1 year, 8 months ago, submitted by x.static 1 year, 8 months ago

weblogs.asp.net — I've been following the Office 2007 UI for quite some time, ever since I got my hands on early dog food alphas from the Office team. While some might not call it innovation, it just makes sense to me and I think it's a well designed and thought out piece of work. Yes, there are those that are not going to get it and require gobs of training and scream and kick and moan and want their beloved File menu and toolbar back. There is the other group where we embrace it and actually like it. I'll be the first to *** and complain when I'm building presentations where the freakin' buttons are as I'm still getting used to it, but in the end that's it. I'll get used to it, just give it time. I like the look and think it's a good way to go and frankly, Microsoft made that decision long ago and like or not, we have to adapt and live with it (or not, but that's a different blog post). read more...

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New Release of WatirMaker now WatirRecorder

published 2 years, 1 month ago, submitted by dalziel 2 years, 1 month ago

hanselman.com — Rutger Smit & Scott Hanselman have released a new version of WatirMaker, now retitled WatirRecorder. This is a great program for building UI testing scripts. read more...

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