Comments for The New Interface Advocate http://www.hci-matters.com/blog HCI, interface architecture, user experience, and more... Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:12:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Visualizing Value Distributions and Event Time Clusters in One Dimension (Update: Source Code Added) by Indianlawprof http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2011/10/12/archives/289/comment-page-1/#comment-4011 Indianlawprof Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:12:59 +0000 http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/?p=289#comment-4011 I am hopeful that something better will come to me some day for photographic applications in digital cameras. Thanks. I am hopeful that something better will come to me some day for photographic applications in digital cameras.

Thanks.

]]> Comment on Revised and Expanded RegEx Reference Chart (v2.0) by Anonymous http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2009/08/06/archives/170/comment-page-1/#comment-4008 Anonymous Mon, 16 May 2011 01:36:00 +0000 http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/?p=170#comment-4008 Excellent catch! I'll update the tables to reflect it. Excellent catch! I’ll update the tables to reflect it.

]]> Comment on Revised and Expanded RegEx Reference Chart (v2.0) by nico http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2009/08/06/archives/170/comment-page-1/#comment-4007 nico Sun, 15 May 2011 06:37:00 +0000 http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/?p=170#comment-4007 Vim can also be lazy. See :he /{- Vim can also be lazy. See :he /{-

]]> Comment on Revised and Expanded RegEx Reference Chart (v2.0) by nico http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2009/08/06/archives/170/comment-page-1/#comment-4006 nico Sat, 14 May 2011 22:03:07 +0000 http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/?p=170#comment-4006 Vim can also be lazy, see :help /\{- Vim can also be lazy, see :help /\{-

]]> Comment on The Flaw in Apple’s iPad That Defines the Platform by R. Clayton Barnes http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2011/04/18/archives/258/comment-page-1/#comment-4000 R. Clayton Barnes Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:00:30 +0000 http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/?p=258#comment-4000 I would contend that the role of users is rapidly shifting away from the "TV" non-participant model towards a more interactive role in all media consumption. This means that even if the iPad were a well-designed "read-only" system (which I'm not even certain is even the case), failure as an input device would still cripple it. I would contend that the role of users is rapidly shifting away from the “TV” non-participant model towards a more interactive role in all media consumption. This means that even if the iPad were a well-designed “read-only” system (which I’m not even certain is even the case), failure as an input device would still cripple it.

]]> Comment on The Flaw in Apple’s iPad That Defines the Platform by Michael Kohne http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2011/04/18/archives/258/comment-page-1/#comment-3999 Michael Kohne Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:35:40 +0000 http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/?p=258#comment-3999 I think the actual issue here is that the iPad is a wonderful device for CONSUMING media of many types. But it's a kind of lousy device for AUTHORING media. That's not to say that you can't do it, but it's just not optimized for that task. The on-screen keyboard is no match for for a real one. Creating or editing images? The lack of precision control (due to fingers as the input) makes it slow unless you just want to simulate finger-painting. The iPad is a really neat and (in some scenarios) useful device. It's just not everything for everyone. I think the actual issue here is that the iPad is a wonderful device for CONSUMING media of many types. But it’s a kind of lousy device for AUTHORING media.

That’s not to say that you can’t do it, but it’s just not optimized for that task. The on-screen keyboard is no match for for a real one. Creating or editing images? The lack of precision control (due to fingers as the input) makes it slow unless you just want to simulate finger-painting.

The iPad is a really neat and (in some scenarios) useful device. It’s just not everything for everyone.

]]> Comment on Revised and Expanded RegEx Reference Chart (v2.0) by Leon http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2009/08/06/archives/170/comment-page-1/#comment-3991 Leon Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:06:05 +0000 http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/?p=170#comment-3991 Ditto! I'm in the early stages of trying to get fluent with the shell/regexps/etc. Great resource. :) Ditto! I’m in the early stages of trying to get fluent with the shell/regexps/etc. Great resource. :)

]]> Comment on The misused mouse, part 1: The story of the mouse’s decline by Carlie Coats http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2007/06/16/archives/8/comment-page-1/#comment-3990 Carlie Coats Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:37:52 +0000 http://hciadvocate.com/blog/?p=8#comment-3990 What about the START button for finding menus in the first place? Fitt's Law surely indicates that it is far easier to right-click in the (root-window) background than it is to have to hit that itty-bitty piece of real estate all the way across the (2560x1600-physical, 3200x2400 virtual, in my case) screen. That practice goes back as far as I've been running a windowing system (SPARC 2 in the early Nineties); the way window-manager developers have been abandoning it in favor of the Windoze "find the start-button" approach is HCI-idiocy. I'm talking about *you*, KDE4. What about the START button for finding menus in the first place?

Fitt’s Law surely indicates that it is far easier to right-click in the (root-window) background than it is to have to hit that itty-bitty piece of real estate all the way across the (2560×1600-physical, 3200×2400 virtual, in my case) screen.

That practice goes back as far as I’ve been running a windowing system (SPARC 2 in the early Nineties); the way window-manager developers have been abandoning it in favor of the Windoze “find the start-button” approach is HCI-idiocy.

I’m talking about *you*, KDE4.

]]> Comment on C* Music Player Audioscrobbler/Last.fm patch by Hunter http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2008/05/06/archives/40/comment-page-1/#comment-3974 Hunter Tue, 04 May 2010 06:31:38 +0000 http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2008/05/06/c-music-player-audioscrobblerlastfm-patch/#comment-3974 Hey, I updated the patch to get it working with cmus's current HEAD again. http://github.com/hunner/cmus-audioscrobbler Hey, I updated the patch to get it working with cmus’s current HEAD again. http://github.com/hunner/cmus-audioscrobbler

]]> Comment on The misused mouse, part 2: A proposal for a nearly mouseless interface. by Clay Barnes http://www.hci-matters.com/blog/2007/06/16/archives/9/comment-page-1/#comment-3972 Clay Barnes Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:39:34 +0000 http://hciadvocate.com/blog/?p=9#comment-3972 Yes, that is one option for activating them. However, it largely defeats the premise of the design. Yes, that is one option for activating them. However, it largely defeats the premise of the design.

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