Re: [IxDA Discuss] Can anyone point me to research about hiding interface elements?

2010-02-12 Thread Gabor Vida
Thanks for the link, Francis. I can finally reference Jakob Nielsen in a positive way ;) Graham, we are talking about an extras on demand approach - sort of. The difference is that the button or link that would be used to open the extras would be completely hidden and only revealed on rollover.

[IxDA Discuss] Can anyone point me to research about hiding interface elements?

2010-02-11 Thread Gabor Vida
A project that I am involved in has raised an interesting debate about reducing clutter in an interface. Specifically, one side believes that it is ok to completely hide some interface elements and only reveal them on rollover. I don't mean disable or dim them in a normal state and then make

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Flash Catalyst

2008-11-21 Thread Gabor Vida
I just picked up a copy while I was at Adobe MAX. Fantastic program so far, but definitely an alpha. The big surprise for me is that Catalyst is actually a very powerful wireframing tool. I could see it replacing Omnigraffle for me. I attended a session that discussed using Catalyst for