My instant outline is in ie/moz using XML loading to DOM and javascript/css rendering. I'm using the webfx.eae.net_dhtml_xmlextra and IEemu libraries. I'm struggling with a bug in the show collapse of every other nesting level and bemoaning the lack of CSS support in IE for property selectors like outlineRow[closed="true"].
While the renderer is all javascript, I couldn't resists a bit of server side hijinks and I've gotten tired of reading my own .opml, so have at the hive (with source). The motivation is the bad surf offered my the radio client and a greater audience. Of course, if you have server side ooph, you could use the slick PHP parser/renderer, et al.
4/4/2002
7:24:51 AM
Played with Denim tonite and produced a couple sketches of UI Ideas.
Our current widgets and presentation modes for desktop applications are a bit like old jeans, worn and threadbare. Comfortable, easy on the skin, but capable of busting a hole.
Woah! What happened to Builder.com
? I like the color scheme and the dressing but not the ads. I encountered
"Ad Stereophonics", with a horizontal top bar ad and a vertical left side
bar ad (woop, bucking the trend) -- both animated. *Reload*
Guess it's time to get a PHP install running as the AliceBot, the winner of this years Loebner prize, has a php based implementation (tho the demo isn't working for me).
3:43:43 PM
Ah yes, Mozilla is shaping up. The new file picker design is suitably 2002 with good folder navigation, a filter option, and a default detail view. File browsing is a notable UI issue for it's frequency of use and generally awful mouseMiles and clickCount issues (more).
3/29/2002
11:26:26 AM
Flazoom discusses a recent UIE report (?) on Flash. Some nice UI examples, but the doc is hopelessly biased towards Flash. UIE is (or maybe was) in my mind a highly respected UXP consulting firm that does robust user testing and data analysis. However, they don't have a damn clue about the capabilities of 5.0 browsers, based upon the following:
Figure 4: In an HTML application, there is no easy
way for developers to gray out the credit card option
In HTML, something as simple as
graying out (or conditionally enabling
and disabling input fields) on a data-entry
screen based on business rules
becomes very difficult. For example in
an e-commerce application, when users
specify they want to pay by check,
there’s no easy way in HTML to gray out
the data entry fields corresponding to
credit card information.
The web isn't about HTML anymore -- and the doc is dated 2002. The web has a standard scripting language and a highly evolved presentation technology called CSS. Disabling form elements, even dynamically, is not hard. And you don't have to navigate the Flash UI to do it.
Biased report? .
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