Resizable Displays | Fluid Interfaces
See now, this is why liquid layouts are the way to go.
Tags: interaction
CSS3 Pseudo-Classes and HTML5 Forms | HTML5 Doctor
A look at the new pseudo-classes in CSS3 that go hand-in-hand with the form enhancements introduced in HTML5.
Thoughts on Responsive Navigation
Prompted by Brad’s recent post, here are some musings on three methods of handling navigation in responsive sites.
Koalas to the Max dot Com
Pretty!
How to Approach a Responsive Design | Upstatement
A great behind-the-scenes look at the process behind the responsive Boston Globe site, with a particular emphasis on the visual and interactive design challenges.
Clear for iPhone (Coming Soon!) on Vimeo
Nik demos the neat interactions in Realmac’s latest piece of iOS software in this cute little video.
Jeremy Keith: Paranormal Interactivity on Vimeo
This is the talk I gave at An Event Apart through 2010. It’s all about interaction design with some examples from Huffduffer.
Buxton Collection
Bill Buxton’s collection of input devices going back thirty years.
Fixed Positioning in Mobile Browsers | Brad Frost Web
Brad takes a detailed look at mobile browser support for fixed positioning and how it intersects with page zooming.
A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
The next time you make a sandwich, pay attention to your hands. Seriously! Notice the myriad little tricks your fingers have for manipulating the ingredients and the utensils and all the other objects involved in this enterprise. Then compare your experience to sliding around Pictures Under Glass.
Mobile Apps Must Die | Blog | design mind
Scott writes up some of the things he talked about at the Breaking Development conference: the just-in-time interactions that are inevitable in a heavily-instrumented world.
Web Actions: Identifying A New Building Block For The Web - Tantek
Tantek’s braindump of research he and Erin have been doing on web actions—verbs for the web, specifically interactions across sites: sharing, liking, and so on. I agree with him that this terminology feels better than “web intents.”
Button Sluts and Web Actions
Erin documents the next step after web intents.
Journal of Emerging Investigators | JEI is a scientific journal for middle and high school scientists.
A great responsive design from Scott Jehl for a publication aimed at young science hackers. Notice how the interactions change according to available screen real-estate.
timoni.org - The most important page on Flickr
It’s funny, I’ve just recently become acutely aware of exactly the problem that Timoni describes here: the inability to filter new uploads by a particular user.
It makes stalking someone that much harder.
End hover abuse now : Cennydd Bowles on user experience
An excellent little rant by Cennydd that I agree with 100%: hovering does not demonstrate user intent.
aM laboratory
A beautiful piece of musical mathematical poetry.
Non Hover | Trent Walton
A timely reminder: don't hide information behind mouseover events.
What Apple needs to do now « Adam Greenfield’s Speedbird
Adam Greenfield is spot-on here, dismantling Apple's "imitate real world objects" design guideline for iPhone and iPad apps.
A real person, a lot like you | Derek Sivers
A beautiful reminder.
FUI Fantasy User Interfaces | Mark Coleran Visual Designer
A portfolio of imaginary interfaces as seen in the movies.
101 Things I Learned in Interaction Design School
A set of short, easily-digested lessons from the world of interaction design, inspired by "101 Things I Learned In Architecture School."
Adding “1UP notification” with jQuery - O! Mr Speaker!
A jQuery plug-in inspired by the interaction feedback on Huffduffer, which was in turn inspired by retro games.
Cadence & Slang is a book about interaction design. — Kickstarter
If you want to see this book published (and you should), why not pledge a little something to the cause?
Dave Gorman: When Twitter Gets Weird...
Dave Gorman understands Twitter. Many do not.
Cooper Journal: One free interaction
Small interactions that serve no useful purpose but are nonetheless satisfying. "Design this interaction such that: It's “free,” i.e. having no significance to the task or content, It's discoverable in ordinary use of the product, It's quick and repeatable (Less than half a second.), It's pleasant"
Rands In Repose: A Signature Cadence
Heartfelt and moving: praise for those who sprinkle doses of humanity into software interfaces.
iphone login screens - a set on Flickr
Screenshots of various log in screens on the iPhone. I think Cindy has been hanging out with Luke W.
adaptive path » aurora concept video
A proof of concept browser from Adaptive Path together with Mozilla Labs. This must have been fun to work on.
RA DIOHEA_D / HOU SE OF_C ARDS - Google Code
The new Radiohead video isn't really a video at all. It's data visualisation. Here you can interact with the data points while the song is playing. I love this.
Stop using Ajax! - Opera Developer Community
Ignore the attention-grabbing headline. Brothercake is something more nuanced here (and he's backing it up with examples).
The Highly Extensible CSS Interface
Cameron has put all the materials from his four-part series together in one handy spot.
Exploring Methods of Accessing Virtual Worlds - AccessWorld® - March 2008
This is pretty freakin' awesome: an accessible interface onto Second Life.
Space Time/No Time - Brightcove
Matt Jones speaks about "Designing for SpaceTime, Building in No Time."
AJAX and Screen Readers - Content Access Issues - The Paciello Group Blog
Steve Faulkner gives a rundown of the current state of play between screen readers and Ajax.
KnickerPicker - online dressing room
A Flash interface that allows you to interact with lingerie models when shopping for knickers. I point this out purely for reasons of interaction research, of course.
Cognitive accessibility of user interfaces summarised in an oversimplified rule // plasmasturm.org
The Sapir WIMP hypothesis: "The more easily you can talk about a user interface, the more easily you can understand how to manipulate it."
No Ideas But In Things
"No Ideas But In Things is a library of controls, animations, layouts, and displays that might be a source of inspiration for interaction designers. Dan Saffer is the curator. The title comes from a William Carlos Williams poem."
jQuery UI: Widgets, Components, and Interactions
From the people who brought you jQuery comes a set of widgets built using jQuery complete with documentation and tutorials.
What I've been working on: The New Google Analytics, by Jeffrey Veen
Finally revealed: what Jeff has been working on since he moved into the lair of the Google. He's been making Google Analytics look and feel nicer.