IA Summit 08: Inspiration from the Edge
Inspiration from the Edge: New Patterns for Interface Design
Stephen Anderson
This was an inspiring session, encouraging participants to look at interface design of non-web applications for new web user experiences (notes cut short here). We were presented with a host of innovative interfaces, from applications, mobile devices and gaming as inspiration.
Where do you get your ideas for interface design?
Default Thinking (don't do)
- Look at competitors
Look at interfaces outside of basic web interfaces... (do)
- from architecture, film, gaming, etc.
Comments:
1. W/ new technologies almost anything is possible
2. Natural behaviors are superior to learned behaviors (A scrollbar, really?)
3. ...except when the learned behavior makes me feel better and more efficient (Quicksilver)
Think outside the UI Box
- pop up windows, similar to windows opening in OSX (Text, Fonts, etc)
(where windows communicate with each other, a window pops up to enter in your profile info, but when closed, it pushes the changes back to the main window
Slides coming soon.
See his other slides posted here:
slideshare.net/stephenpa
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