Interview on LinuxWorld
I caught up with Jeff Bianchine at SCALE 2008 and talked a bit with him about design in open source.
I think I may have misspoke about the split button widget — I know it was something we (usability/HCI projects) discussed and hoped for in QT4, but I haven’t seen it added yet. The other interface element I mentioned I was happy about was the way ephemeral information was being handled in the UI (using plasmoid-like notifications rather than intrusive window popups), making the computer manage the information rather than the user.
seele :: Feb.11.2008 :: Asides, Design, Open Source :: 3 Comments »
so, thats two new widgets you’d like to see for Qt4? Or just the one?
And do you have a better description somewhere about them/it?
Hi! Do you have a link to this specialized interaction design tool, Acture?
@TZ: It is just the split button widget that I remember discussing with Ellen. I will check the kde-hci and kde-usability mailing lists to see where we talked about it. Tabs are another issue, the problem is not the widget itself but how it is used throughout the environment.
@TW: The application is actually called Axure. Pronounced the same as “Acture”, but I should have known better to give Jeff the link. It is specialized for web interfaces but can be easily adjusted for client applications. It also has a built-in diagramming tool; not quite as good as Visio but good enough to replace it.