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No Modes – The Future of all Web Applications
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Andrew Cassell
May 22, 2014
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No Modes – The Future of all Web Applications
Andrew Cassell
May 22, 2014
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Transcript
! The Future of Web Applications No Modes Andrew Cassell
@alc277
Interaction UI UX
“Since humans are more pliable than computers, it can be
easier to make a human fit the computer’s limitations than to design the computer to fit the human’s needs. When that happens, the human becomes a prisoner trapped by the computer rather than liberated by it.” - Karla Jennings 3
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“It is no accident that swearing is denoted by #&%!#$&.
It’s what a typewriter used to do when you typed numbers when the Caps Lock was engaged.” - Dr. James Winter
O I
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat
it. - George Santayana
What experience and history teach is this — that nations
and governments have never learned anything from history… - Hegel
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Modeless
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vi
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emacs
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SEARCH
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Quasimode
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REALITY
CARS
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GUNS
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modes in web 1.0
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Edit
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Save
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Context
Modal
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Modal
Interfaces must be designed to accommodate our ability to pay
conscious attention to only one object or situation, called our locus of attention, at a time. - Jef Raskin
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Mode Error
Modes are a significant source of errors, confusion, unnecessary restrictions,
and complexity in interfaces. - Jef Raskin
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! Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you
tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. - Jef Raskin
REALITY (another dose)
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MODES SUCK
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Modals for Good : (
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No Take Backsies
Take Bathroom Selfie?
Modal Alternative?
Popovers
Example
We learn by example and by direct experience because there
are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction. - Malcolm Gladwell
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1.)Edit/POST
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2.) Modals
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Define Task APIs
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3.) Popover
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4.) Bring Features out of a Mode
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4.) Quasimode (Drag & Drop)
sortable
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5.) Undo
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6.) Edit in Place
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<span contenteditable="true">Description</span>
7.) UI Quasimode (Panel)
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alistapart.com
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