Re: [IxDA Discuss] Tab order - how to escape from a grid that uses tabs

2009-09-30 Thread Chris Rider
I'd expect the escape key to get me out of this mode, but it's a little ambiguous where the focus should land. On the next control? On the table itself? Agreed with the others that tabbing off the end of the empty row should also take me out of this mode. You might also want to consider how desig

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Netbooks lead the way on how we%u2019ll be using our mobile phones in the near future

2009-08-17 Thread Chris Rider
I foresee less of an explicit hardware convergence, and more interoperability. I.e. the tablet/netbook should seamlessly leverage my phone for data access via bluetooth... "Seamless" being the operative term in that concept. There is an interesting interaction problem here. If I carry different d

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Interaction flow as subterfuge.

2009-06-23 Thread Chris Rider
The graphic design community has been talking about this for a long time. The First Things First manifesto is one reaction to this problem. it was first published in 1964: http://www.xs4all.nl/~maxb/ftf1964.htm Then updated in 2000: http://www.xs4all.nl/~maxb/ftf2000.htm Milton Glaser's