Usability Quote of the Day

February 8, 2012

The dialectics of tradition and transcendence - that is what design is all about. -- Ehn, 1988, p. 7.    (via interaction-design.org)

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

The Web is hot again

The popularization of Web 2.0 UI ...

"Five years after the dot-com bust we now find ourselves on the cusp of a second revolution: Web 2.0 (or so it's been dubbed) — the first version upgrade of the World Wide Web. Richer Web software is popping up daily and amazing us with an entirely new experience.

Interactive Web applications are being launched with such robust functionality that they're threatening the future of the common desktop application. Technologies like AJAX have gained widespread buzz in a short period of time, proving that the market is now ready for what was promised years ago.

This shift is towards a more fluid, helpful and innovative Internet. Take Zimbra, a new contender in webmail. It's like Microsoft Outlook on steroids. You can hover over an address in your e-mail message and a mini map instantly appears. Couple that kind of functionality with a Web-based drag-and-drop interface, and it's hard to tell if it's running on your desktop or through a browser."   continued ...   (Via Globetechnology)

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