No Modes – The Future of all Web Applications

In 1970s and 1980s Computer Scientists realized that modes sucked for user interfaces. Larry Tesler (of Xerox PARC & Apple) and Jef Raskin (author, “The Humane Interface”) both described the principles of a modeless interface for computer interaction. 30 years later and web developers are still using modes in nearly every interaction. Learn how to use PHP and jQuery to ditch countless Edit and Save buttons and make your software more intuitive.

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1. The Future of Web Applications
   No Modes
   Andrew Cassell
   @alc277
   

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4. @dcphp
   PHP PERFORMANCE
   PROFILING USING
   BLACKFIRE
   Fabien Potencier
   Washington DC Metro Area PHP Developer User Group
   

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6. Interaction
   UI UX
   

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7. Project Management
   

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9. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/reports/95tr021.pdf
   

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11. USABILITY
    

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14. Andrew Parker - thegongshow.tumbler.com
    

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16. git -r done
    

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21. Dashboard Projects Updates
    

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27. Interaction
    UI UX
    

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28. Interaction
    UI UX
    

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36. project
    task
    project_id (maybe null)
    user
    project_user
    ROLE_USER
    

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37. 7 Dirty Words of a Stakeholder Meeting
    1.Session
    2.Repository
    3.Abstract
    4.Interface
    5.Class
    6.Database
    7.Foreign Key
    

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40. cassell:~ cassell$: man fsck

    FSCK(8) BSD System Manager's Manual
    NAME
    fsck -- filesystem consistency check and interactive repai
    SYNOPSIS
    fsck -p [-f]
    fsck [-l maxparallel] [-q] [-y] [-n] [-d]
    DESCRIPTION
    The first form of fsck preens a standard set of filesystem
    matic reboot. Here fsck reads the filesystem descriptor t
    have ``rw,'' ``rq'' or ``ro'' as options, and that have no
    filesystem) are checked one at a time. When pass 1 comple
    drive containing each filesystem is inferred from the shor
    are assumed to be the partition designator. In preening m
    

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42. “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
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43. Modes
    

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45. “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
    

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46. O I
    

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47. Those who
    cannot learn
    from history are
    doomed to
    repeat it.
    - George Santayana
    

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61. REALITY
    

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62. CARS
    

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68. GUNS
    

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73. Mode Error
    

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77. #comodeerror
    

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78. Modes are a
    significant source of
    errors, confusion,
    unnecessary
    restrictions, and
    complexity in
    interfaces.
    - Jef Raskin
    

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81. Modeless
    

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83. emacs
    

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86. SEARCH
    

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95. Quasimode
    

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98. modes in
    web 1.0
    

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100. Edit
     

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102. Save
     

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105. Company Name
     

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111. Modal
     

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112. Modal
     

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113. Modal
     

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114. 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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121. 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
     

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124. No Take
     Backsies
     

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125. Take Bathroom Selfie?
     

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127. Modal
     Alternative?
     

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128. Modals for Good
     :
     (
     

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131. User Account Deleted
     Andrew Cassell’s user account was deleted
     successfully. He will not be missed.
     

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132. Popovers
     

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135. Edit In
     Place
     

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138. Modeless
     

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141. Example
     

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142. 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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148. 1.)Edit/POST
     

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152. 2.) Modals
     

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154. Define Task APIs
     

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156. 3.) Bring Features out
     of a Mode
     

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161. 4.) Quasimode
     (Drag & Drop)
     

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162. sortable
     

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165. 5.) Undo
     

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169. 6.) Edit in Place
     

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170. Description
     

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172. https://github.com/vitalets/x-editable
     

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173. http://createjs.org/
     

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174. 7.) UI Quasimode
     (Panel)
     

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176. Task Based
     User Interface
     

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178. MODES
     SUCK
     

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181. If you think your design
     sucks. That just means
     you are becoming a
     better designer.
     

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182. Taste
     

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187. jobstobedone.org
     

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189. https://joind.in/event/
     phpworld-2016/no-modes---the-
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190. http://bit.ly/2ajSIpO
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191. THANK YOU
     

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192. @dcphp
     PHP PERFORMANCE
     PROFILING USING
     BLACKFIRE
     Fabien Potencier
     Washington DC Metro Area PHP Developer User Group
     

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