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Paginating on-the-fly
This is clever:
Paginate.js is a JavaScript bookmark that adds Instapaper-style pagination tap zones to any page in Mobile Safari. It also works on WebKit-based desktop browsers, namely Google Chrome (extension available) and Safari.
— grantheaslip’s paginate.js at master – GitHub.
Rob Tannen on Narrowtasking
Rob Tannen from Bresslergroup:
But what if you could do divide your attention among multiple facets of the same task, rather than across different tasks? That’s the idea behind “narrow-tasking”. For example, I might be watching a World Cup Game while getting additional information about the players on an iPad. Technically I am still multi-tasking, but the tasks are intended to augment, rather than divide each other.
— Designing For Humans, Narrowtasking And Mobile 3D – PSFK.
Why touch interfaces are fundamentally easier to understand
Duncan Wilcox:
To a novice user, aiming at something on screen with a mouse is like trying to ring a doorbell using a broomstick.
— Touch Content Creation — Cocoa Theraphy via ignore the code: Duncan Wilcox on Touch Content Creation.
Khoi VInh on Apple’s use of typography
Creating a beautiful display and patting yourself on the back for having good typography is disingenuous, I think. It’s a little like saying a high-definition television set makes for better television shows; an absurd claim at best.
— Subtraction.com: Better Screen, Same Typography.
Michael Dick – “Distinction between interfaces and graphics”
Michael Dick — Distinction between interfaces and graphics:
“Interface design is when one is designing something that will be used by humans. The understanding of how a user thinks, learns and adapts is important knowledge.
I’m not down playing graphic design in any way, it’s just different. For example, graphic designers have the intention to grab an emotional response visually. While Interface designers have the intention to grab a logical response mentally.”
I love posts like this; it makes sense the instant you read it, but you’d never have thought of it yourself. This is exactly why I scour the web for interestingness: It always pays off.