Jef Raskin's Humane Environment Project recently released an interactive Flash demo of a Zooming User Interface. Give it a try!
From the website:
"Zooming is an important part of THE and this simple demo illustrates some of the ways that zooming solves the navigation problems posed by our present system of links, tabs, and other click-and-go-there interfaces."
In case you aren't aware: THE is one of my volunteer efforts. I'm known as THE Lead Coordinator. As this point in the project, this basically means that I'm in charge of the project newsletter. Let me know if you'd like to get on the list.
Comments (2)
1. Membranophonist's Ramblings had this to say on September 25, 2003:
I've been playing with the Flash zooming interface demo that is a part of Jef Raskin's Humane Interface concept. As noted in the demo itself, it is limited and does not reflect the full capabilities of today's rendering engines. With...
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2. Philosophistry - The Enlightenment Exponent had this to say on October 1, 2003:
Jef Raskin has come up with a new user-interface for document viewing. It's called a ZUI for zooming user interface and provides an alternative perspective on viewing data with a web of links and content. (By way of Brad Luster)...
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