MetaFilter posts tagged with ui and userinterface

Curse these fat fingers.

Evilspork — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 01:58:29 -0800

Can We Please Move Past Silly, Faux-Real UIs?

Up and down

Artw — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 12:27:46 -0800

40 years of Xerox Parc

Artw — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:43:19 -0800

"The Office of the Future" 40 Years Later - 40 years of Xerox Parc, the Palo Alto research group responsible for the desktop computer interface as we know it today.

There is no try.

cthuljew — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:07:03 -0800

Tan Le shows off a headset that reads your brainwaves in action. A TED talk from the people behind Emotiv. Buy yours now for only 300 dollars. Previously. Previouslier.

Adobe UI Gripes

nthdegx — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:28:34 -0800

Adobe UI Gripes

D-Touch Drum Machine

mhjb — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:11:52 -0800

Print your own DIY papercraft drum machine. Webcam + paper template + free software = drum machine with tangible interface. [via] "The d-touch drum machine is a drum machine with a tangible user interface: it is controlled by placing and arranging physical objects on an A4 piece of paper, which we call the interactive area. The interactive area is arranged in 11 rows, each row corresponds to a different sound, as indicated by the text labels. The horizontal position of the blocks on the interactive area determines the timing of the sound trigger within the loop." For wider applications there's the Trackmate project. Trackmate.sourceforge.net is "an open source initiative to create an inexpensive, do-it-yourself tangible tracking system. The Trackmate Tracker allows any computer to recognize tagged objects and their corresponding position, rotation, and color information when placed on a surface. " Further reading: heapsa links at wikipedia; related: previously.

No, not hand protection for Objectivists.

brundlefly — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:04:04 -0800

Atlas Gloves: A DIY hand gesture interface for Google Earth.

Metrocard Vending Machine UI critique

riffola — Tue, 07 Jan 2003 07:41:41 -0800

Metrocard Vending Machine UI critique. If you've been to New York City in the last few years, then you might be familiar with the MTA's big silver vending machines in the subways. For those living here it's almost second nature by now. The Windows NT based touch screen UI is really not too bad. Most tourists may opt for a One-day Fun Pass ($4), while the locals already know what to pick. MTA also places posters all over indicating changes to the vending machines, and initially even had posters explaining the various options.

Amazon Light

mathowie — Wed, 17 Jul 2002 13:56:23 -0800

Amazon Light is project powered by amazon's SOAP API, with a design and interaction reminiscent of Google's clean no-frills approach. Pretty cool and clean way to use the site (without annoying popups or gold box offers).

Why tab based interfaces suck

efader — Sat, 08 Apr 2000 20:58:47 -0800

Why tab based interfaces suck This site finally fell into interface hell. Originally they used tabs as navigation and still are now... BUT it doesn't work... Watch... every ecommerce company that copied its interface will also fall into the same interface hell... The others include ebags.com, urbanfetch and more....