user-interface on S Anand

Dilbert Browser

Fri, 11 May 2007 12:00:00 +0000

Al Donovan has created a Dilbert repository by crawling United Media’s site every day since 1996. I’ve made them a little easier to navigate. Click here to see the Dilbert Browser. Use the left and right arrow keys to see the next comic.

Comments

anonymous 22 May 2007 11:26 am: Awesome. How did you do this?
Amit 17 Dec 2014 7:30 am: Hey Anand, The link doesnt seem to be working anymore (or, at least, its point to C&H, which I just don’t mind, but remembered your Dilbert browser but could not find it anymore).

How iPods work

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:00:00 +0000

How iPods work: how the wheel and the software inside Apple’s iPod work.

Now your tongue can see

Sat, 06 May 2006 12:00:00 +0000

Now your tongue can see. Clive Thomson suggests that this could be a good interface for video games too.

Comments

rajkumarc 6 May 2006 12:00 pm: 10/10

Google Calendar screenshots

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:00:00 +0000

Google Calendar screenshots.

Software that builds on hunches

Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:00:00 +0000

Software that builds on hunches.

… is a filter for images that allows a naive user to improve digital photos without understanding complex tools like Adobe Photoshop, by choosing from mutations of the picture to make it better. “My grandmother doesn’t know anything about improving pictures,” says Bonabeau, “but she knows which pictures of her grandchildren she likes.”

Wired News tried out the photo selector. After loading the photograph you want to improve, the application shows you nine mutant versions. In the case of a dark photo, it’s easy enough to pick a lighter version and move it to the seed area so that it becomes the foundation of the next crop of mutation pictures. You can keep selecting and mutating indefinitely. When you find the version you like, you save it. In a photo of a dark house and a moon, seven iterations were enough to lighten the photograph adequately.

This is from Icosystem, who’re doing some cool work like using ants’ logic to route BT’s telecom traffic or Fedex’s packages.

Web design patterns

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:00:00 +0000

Web design patterns.

10 places you must use Ajax

Sun, 04 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0000

10 places you must use Ajax.

Rounded corners

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:00:00 +0000

Why we love rounded corners.

Office 12

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:00:00 +0000

A 40-minute video preview of Office 12. I don’t normally watch videos this long. But it was worth it.

Office 12 has a REALLY different user interface (critique). It’s also supposed to have a lot of new features.

What struck me the most in the video is how Powerpoint creates diagrams. You type text, and Powerpoint can automatically convert that into value chains, org charts, etc. Julie mentions that a blind user was able to create graphics using this feature, and that this was the first time she has been able to create graphics in all her life!

No clicking

Sat, 13 Aug 2005 12:00:00 +0000

Don’t click it. An interface where you navigate completely without clicks.

New commenting system 2

Tue, 01 Feb 2005 12:00:00 +0000

My new commenting system is based on the principle of “scribbling on the margin”. If you’re interested, have a look at the source code for this page. It is as clear as mud, so best of luck!

Comments

Ammadio 1 Feb 2005 12:00 pm: Where do these comments get stored
Navneet 1 Feb 2005 12:00 pm: Nice commenting system. A couple of points though…It took me a while to figure out how to post the comment :). Maybe a note on that somewhere would help.. Also the text colour when I’m typing in the comment is almost invisible.
S Anand 1 Feb 2005 12:00 pm: I fixed those two. Is it OK? Anything else?
TOPFRAME 1 Feb 2005 12:00 pm: Good to see you back, Anand. :)

Simulation close enough to reality

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 12:00:00 +0000

Nilesh on the Uncanny valley. The point at which a simulation becomes close enough to reality that it stops matching up. I have seen a lot of this happen in software design too.

Navigation using the London Underground

Wed, 12 Feb 2003 12:00:00 +0000

Connections in Space has an interesting navigational metaphor – the London Underground. The site itself is somewhat interesting. via MetaFilter

New features on Altavista

Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:00:00 +0000

Altavista’s new features are pretty good. What I liked best, though, is their new interface. Especially the bar used to open the search result in a new window. Good to know that I rank 3rd on their search.

Opera 7 beta

Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:00:00 +0000

Opera 7 Beta is out. It sports a new look, which one tires of quite soon. But it’s as fast as ever, and has better standards compliance. via Anand

Chatting with your computer

Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:00:00 +0000

Chatting with your computer – the new way of interacting with your DOS prompt.

Augmented reality

Tue, 26 Mar 2002 12:00:00 +0000

I’ve been reading a lot about augmented reality lately.

Patents on usability

Sun, 30 Sep 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Jakob Nielsen has a whole bunch of patents relating to Internet usability. Metafilter has an interesting discussion on whether that’s a good idea.

Why Open Source is better than Windows

Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:00:00 +0000

David Wheeler’s report shows how open source is quantintatively better than Windows. All it needs is a good user interface, a suite of applications, and a little less fanaticism about keeping it free, in order for it to commercialise.

Easel

Sat, 07 Jul 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Easel is a GUI for Linux written by people from Apple. Hopefully, it will really bring Linux to the masses.