Jamy Ian Swiss calls himself an «honest liar», because as a magician, he promises to deceive his audience, and then promptly does. User interface designers are somewhat similar, though probably a bit less honest. We constantly lie to our users about what they actually see. A button on a screen isn’t really a button, it’s a bunch of colored dots. The better we lie to users, to more easily we can convince them that it actually is a button.
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http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/15/40-helpful-resources-on-user-interface-desig... - 1 views
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In this article, we share with you the best of the best, cream of the crop sites, galleries, online publications, and libraries devoted to sharing information and exploring concepts pertaining to User Interface design patterns
The Rise of Tablets... And Why You Should Care - 1 views
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"whether Apple's iPad ultimately succeeds or fails, it is yet another sign of an emerging device class. With Google (Google), Microsoft, and others investing in researching tablet-style computers, this is a trend that will not begin or end with the iPad."
9 Upcoming Tablet Alternatives to the Apple iPad - 1 views
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"The Apple iPad cat is officially out of its bag, but it's not going to be the only tablet game in town. There are a number of other devices out there in various stages from "barely announced" to "working prototype," many of which were shown off at this year's Consumer Electronics Show."
Times Reader - 2 views
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The Times Reader uses the Adobe Air environment and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux as an independent application. This is a subscription based service. It will cache the seven most recent issues for offline reading.
TED 2010: Wired for the iPad to Launch by Summer | Epicenter | Wired.com - 1 views
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The first iPads are expected to be available at the end of March. TED attendees got a demonstration - on what looked like a supersized iPad - of how their future reading experience would look with the March issue of Wired magazine.
Smashing Magazine - 2 views
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Innovation in web design
Better User Experience With Storytelling - Part One - Smashing Magazine - 1 views
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"In this article we'll explore how user experience professionals and designers are using storytelling to create compelling experiences that build human connections."
Better User Experience With Storytelling, Part 2 - Smashing Magazine - 0 views
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"Concluding this two-part article, we hear from creative professionals who are leading the way in this relatively new world of combining the craft of storytelling with user experience. We'll also see how storytelling can be applied to more than just interactive experiences: we find it in everything from packaging to architecture."
Rob Pegoraro - Apple iPad's rejection of Adobe Flash could signal the player's death kn... - 2 views
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Apple rejects Flash for the iPad, and it may be on its way out.
10 Useful Web Application Interface Techniques - Smashing Magazine - 1 views
ignore the code - 1 views
YouTube - BumpTop for Mac 1.0! - 0 views
Amazing Alternative Interfaces That Will Change Our Lives | Fuel Your Interface - 0 views
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"Today we have multi-touch devices and gaming systems like Nintendo Wii, but it's what's on the horizon that will change how we look at the user interface in a whole different way."
Wired Shows Off Its Planned IPad Edition - Advertising Age - MediaWorks - 5 views
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Wired editor in chief Chris Anderson used an appearance last Friday at the TED Conference to show off how his magazine will look as an edition for tablets and other devices. The video shows the product using live code, not just a vision of what might be, a spokeswoman added.
Flash Components | Menu, Gallery, Slideshow, FLV Player component - 1 views
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"We offer innovative and affordable Flash components to enhance your Macromedia Adobe Flash design. Whether you're looking for a Flash gallery, a Flash slideshow or a Flash menu, we should have the right Flash component for you."
Mag+ on Vimeo - 4 views
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This conceptual video is a corporate collaborative research project initiated by Bonnier R&D into the experience of reading magazines on handheld digital devices. It illustrates one possible vision for digital magazines in the near future, presented by ou