21
FEB
2008
I Stumble Upon’d this fantastically interesting demo of a futuristic interface for computers. Those who don’t want to read any further can mouse over here to check out the new interface.
This new effortless wander interface at first will present you with an awkward sense of navigation that leaves you stumbling around trying to center yourself. Don’t let that discourage you from further exploring the interface. When you graduated from crawling to walking, it took some getting used to. This could very well be the next step for interfaces, so give it a shot.
This takes muscle memory to the next level. While browsing your favorite sites or navigating your computer, if you know where all the links are you can easily dart through the site and navigate it at your bodies content. No more clicking and double clicking, endangering all of your valuable tendons.
To bring this interface to the web I’m considering creating a jQuery library that turns all of your links into this interfaces as well as desired elements.
I’d love to hear all of your comments on this interface, so take the time to write me your thoughts.
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February 21st, 2008 at 7:59 am
Oh wow, it feels really strange. but it is not that hard to stop clicking… i did just 2 accidental 1 one intential click
And: THe “Dont’t Click It” link doesn’t work - even not with clicking
February 21st, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I saw this a few years ago already, but it’s always interested me. I’d love to work on the jQuery implementation of this with you, so hit me up and we’ll talk.
Did you see the comment “does not work with lynx”? lmao
February 23rd, 2008 at 8:50 pm
The link worked for me!
I think that this would be great with a regular mouse, but with the little mousearea on my laptop it irritates me. It makes my hand feel cramped to hold it in the way that I normally do without being able to click! I guess I should change how I use my fingers on that site.
I like the motion and the idea of it, but I find myself at least transitionally having trouble with not being able to move my mouse wherever I want. Normally I can overcorrect or rethink where I am going on a site because I haven’t made that decisive click. I guess it wouldn’t be a problem if their design didn’t make the links in a particular category disappear once I’ve moused into a new area. I kept on going to the wrong teeny tiny link and then not being able to back out as fast as I wanted to.
Also, I think it’s a terrible idea to “interrupt my user experience” that early on in the site to ask if I miss clicking. Of course I miss clicking, I’ve only been doing this for thirty seconds. Hold yer darn horses a minute.
I’d love to implement something like this on my own sites, nevertheless.