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Ocean1
2nd August 2007, 09:23
What do you think?

http://search.grainbox.com/
ZeroIndex
2nd August 2007, 09:42
nah, still prefer this one (www.kiwibiker.co.nz)
avgas
2nd August 2007, 10:01
nah this one (http://www.youfail.org/)
imdying
2nd August 2007, 11:19
Apart from the worst laid out page ever, it's a good concept.
Filterer
2nd August 2007, 12:33
Apart from the worst laid out page ever, it's a good concept.

+1..........
Ocean1
2nd August 2007, 12:59
Apart from the worst laid out page ever, it's a good concept.

Probably because it wasn't so much "designed" (as in the modern marketing sense) as sorta congeled together (by a plain but well sorted techie).
FlangMasterJ
2nd August 2007, 13:57
I stumbled upon this jewel a few weeks back http://www.google.co.nz/
Zuki Bandit
4th August 2007, 18:51
This ones (http://cobrastrike.com/) a shocka!
ZeroIndex
4th August 2007, 21:44
and then there's this one (http://maddox.xmission.com/)
xwhatsit
5th August 2007, 01:45
It's ugly as sin and is hardly the epitome of good HCI design, but it's fast-loading and useful. If I was the type of person who uses a mouse a lot I'd consider this, but as a user of Vimperator and myriad Firefox `quick searches' I already have the ability to do what this page offers.

Homepage set to blank. If I want to search Wiktionary, I just hit Ctrl-L and type `wk SomeWordIDon'tUnderstand'. Google is `g'. Wikipedia is `wp'. Allmusic is `am'.

Your page (you are the designer, I assume?) is a close approximation of this for mouse users. Pretty it up, lay it out more sensibly, put some Google text ads at the right of the screen and you might be able to get some money for beer if you're lucky.
Disco Dan
5th August 2007, 01:55
You cant beat this for your home page... makes kiwis feel right at home...

http://tinyurl.com/2j7zvr
Bren
5th August 2007, 09:22
You cant beat this for your home page... makes kiwis feel right at home...

http://tinyurl.com/2j7zvr
OH MY SWEET MUTHAFUKA, That is some sick shit....I LOVE IT!
Ocean1
5th August 2007, 14:33
It's ugly as sin and is hardly the epitome of good HCI design, but it's fast-loading and useful. If I was the type of person who uses a mouse a lot I'd consider this, but as a user of Vimperator and myriad Firefox `quick searches' I already have the ability to do what this page offers.

Homepage set to blank. If I want to search Wiktionary, I just hit Ctrl-L and type `wk SomeWordIDon'tUnderstand'. Google is `g'. Wikipedia is `wp'. Allmusic is `am'.

Your page (you are the designer, I assume?) is a close approximation of this for mouse users. Pretty it up, lay it out more sensibly, put some Google text ads at the right of the screen and you might be able to get some money for beer if you're lucky.

I didn't design it, (but I know who did) and I agree it looks crude, but I like it.

And no, I don't use a mouse (much), I use a spaceball.
xwhatsit
5th August 2007, 21:07
I didn't design it, (but I know who did) and I agree it looks crude, but I like it.

And no, I don't use a mouse (much), I use a spaceball.

<hints id="hah_hints"></hints>Spaceball! Wicked :D They're pretty rarely seen these days, but recently I was in one company's labs where they do work on navigation systems and spend a lot of time with maps. They all had trackballs, might've been spaceballs. Apparently ideal for scrolling around huge maps.

It does look crude; there's nothing wrong with that (except for marketing to the general public). The interface I spend most of my time looking at is nothing more than white text on a black background, can't get much cruder than that. However there are a couple of usability concerns with the interface, such as better `tabbing' order, textbox/label alignment etc. But I take it it was written by a programmer, and for a programmer those things are perfectly acceptable :lol: I, too, detest the HCI side of programming.
Bren
5th August 2007, 21:45
<hints id="hah_hints"></hints> The interface I spend most of my time looking at is nothing more than white text on a black background, can't get much cruder than that.

Sounds like a linux console....
Ocean1
5th August 2007, 22:03
<hints id="hah_hints"></hints>Spaceball! Wicked :D They're pretty rarely seen these days, but recently I was in one company's labs where they do work on navigation systems and spend a lot of time with maps. They all had trackballs, might've been spaceballs. Apparently ideal for scrolling around huge maps.

Yup, still weapon of choice for a lot of people working in 3D environment.
For me that's 3D CAD work, mostly in Rhino.

Still waiting for a 3D hologram "touchscreen" so I can fingerpaint stuff inside a real 3D desktop display LOL.
xwhatsit
6th August 2007, 14:45
Sounds like a linux console....

Too f**king right mate :D

Bash from a gnome-terminal, running vi, compiling C and writing LaTeX documents.

Even when I come to uni I just ssh in from Windows and I'm right at home again :lol:
Bren
6th August 2007, 16:59
Think ya can guess what I run...lol

Too f**king right mate :D

Bash from a gnome-terminal, running vi, compiling C and writing LaTeX documents.

Even when I come to uni I just ssh in from Windows and I'm right at home again :lol: