D'Arcy Norman dot net » ui http://www.darcynorman.net apparently much happier in person Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:52:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The wonders of transparent menus http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/17/the-wonders-of-transparent-menus/ http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/17/the-wonders-of-transparent-menus/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:17:19 +0000 dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/17/the-wonders-of-transparent-menus/ MacOSX 10.5 added some bling, possibly to "catch up" with Vista. The transparent menu bar sucks. Completely. Please, someone at Apple, fix this.

I've got my desktop picture set to cycle through some of my photographs. Most of the time, it’s not a big deal, but occasionally, one comes up that causes my menu bar to look like this:

macosx 10.5 menu bar (crop)

Seriously.

Yes, transparency is cool. It's great to show off the power of the UI renderer, etc… But not at the sake of readability.

]]> http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/01/17/the-wonders-of-transparent-menus/feed/ 9 Jeff Han on Tactile Interfaces http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/01/11/jeff-han-on-tactile-interfaces/ http://www.darcynorman.net/2007/01/11/jeff-han-on-tactile-interfaces/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 dnorman 1563185325 TED conference, showing his tactile interface system. Forget mice and keyboards. This is a less-creepy version of Minority Report. Or Star Trek's LCARS interface. Jeff Han demos his Tactile Interface I've watched it 3 times today. I want my next computer to work like this. How about a 30" Cinema Display that tilts backward to become a tabletop surface with tactile interface... It's just synchronicity that this video happened to be next in the queue on my iPod this morning, less than 48 hours after the iPhone was demonstrated with its own mini version of this UI... ps. I'd love to be a lurker at this year's TED. I'd have to be lurking, because the caliber of the attendees is so unbelievably high. Maybe I could be an usher or something. It'd be totally worth it... pps. aw, crap. TED2007 starts the day before I get on a plane with the family. Maybe 2008 :-)]]> Jeff Han gave a presentation at last year’s TED conference, showing his tactile interface system. Forget mice and keyboards. This is a less-creepy version of Minority Report. Or Star Trek’s LCARS interface.

Jeff Han demos his Tactile Interface

I’ve watched it 3 times today. I want my next computer to work like this. How about a 30″ Cinema Display that tilts backward to become a tabletop surface with tactile interface…

It’s just synchronicity that this video happened to be next in the queue on my iPod this morning, less than 48 hours after the iPhone was demonstrated with its own mini version of this UI…

ps. I’d love to be a lurker at this year’s TED. I’d have to be lurking, because the caliber of the attendees is so unbelievably high. Maybe I could be an usher or something. It’d be totally worth it…

pps. aw, crap. TED2007 starts the day before I get on a plane with the family. Maybe 2008 :-)

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