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Innovative UI

10 points by ttty 12y ago

poseid 12y ago
interesting ideas, but not exactly sure what the goals of the interface are. what ideas inspired you to develop this UI ?
- arethuza 12y ago
  It looks like its a demonstration of his development skills: "I'm looking for a creative team to work with and get payed to do what i love." Edit: Given that he is trying to showcase his development skills it might be appropriate to be positive rather than snarky?
weego 12y ago
It's like the lessons from years of awful Flash UI's have already been lost to history. Also, my browser history was a mess. I'm sorry but no, this has little value in terms of innovation or user experience.
andyhmltn 12y ago
Personally, I wouldn't say it's 'innoavative.' The whole point of designing a UI is not to make things fancy and bounce around and look pretty. The point is to make something that's easy to use and clear. I don't think this site fits either. It's nice looking though!
rotten 12y ago
There was no scroll bar for the text in the right hand frame, although arrow keys seemed to work. Also my back button was broken and I couldn't return to Hacker News. (I'm using Opera on a Mac.)
- arxii 12y ago
  this is a bit late reply but im drunk and that was glitch from the very start and is fixed now its just one url.
cm-t 12y ago
Is it an iframe-like website with a css3 for menu ?
kitd 12y ago
The interesting concepts were overshadowed by my back button being disabled, which REALLY winds me up.
skratlo 12y ago
I think there are interesting concepts in that UI (+ in the URL / split screen), but my overall feeling is that it's a bit hard to navigate and it misses some core idea, core theme. I think UI's should evoke a feeling of ease and simplicity and familiarity for a user to feel comfortable using them.
platinumdragon 12y ago
A blank, black screen on Chrome mobile.
xxs 12y ago
I will be blunt here and say: The UI cannot be navigated with the keyboard at any rate and the back button does nothing. So as UI it's just bad. Its bouncy/fancy/flashy parts add to the bad and make it terrible in my book.
Fastidious 12y ago
It might be innovative, but it is very confusing. Innovative, but bad.
lukebennett 12y ago
I appreciate the purpose of the site is to demonstrate technical skills, and in this respect it clearly demonstrates a grasp of the underlying technologies. However, any suggestion or implication that this represents good UI reflects poorly on him (or maybe on the person who posted this, not sure if they're the same person). The words "innovative" and "UI" should never really go together as the best UI leans heavily on established practices so as to minimise cognitive overhead. Any innovation should be subtle and carefully thought through and tested, and involve evolution rather than revolution otherwise it becomes completely counter-productive.
instakill 12y ago
Innovative, yes. Intuitive, no.
arxii 12y ago
thanks for the comments everybody! also thanks to the guy who posted this. I will keep all of your awesome advice in mind when making my next web app. In this project, I wanted to focus heavily on creative concepts i felt where neat. Also i'm very OCD about making things look pretty and artistic. I will fix the url history problems thought, did not think of that one.

10 points by ttty 12y ago

interesting ideas, but not exactly sure what the goals of the interface are. what ideas inspired you to develop this UI ?

arethuza 12y ago
It looks like its a demonstration of his development skills: "I'm looking for a creative team to work with and get payed to do what i love." Edit: Given that he is trying to showcase his development skills it might be appropriate to be positive rather than snarky?

weego 12y ago

It's like the lessons from years of awful Flash UI's have already been lost to history. Also, my browser history was a mess. I'm sorry but no, this has little value in terms of innovation or user experience.

andyhmltn 12y ago

Personally, I wouldn't say it's 'innoavative.' The whole point of designing a UI is not to make things fancy and bounce around and look pretty. The point is to make something that's easy to use and clear. I don't think this site fits either. It's nice looking though!

rotten 12y ago

There was no scroll bar for the text in the right hand frame, although arrow keys seemed to work. Also my back button was broken and I couldn't return to Hacker News. (I'm using Opera on a Mac.)

arxii 12y ago
this is a bit late reply but im drunk and that was glitch from the very start and is fixed now its just one url.

cm-t 12y ago

Is it an iframe-like website with a css3 for menu ?

kitd 12y ago

The interesting concepts were overshadowed by my back button being disabled, which REALLY winds me up.

skratlo 12y ago

I think there are interesting concepts in that UI (+ in the URL / split screen), but my overall feeling is that it's a bit hard to navigate and it misses some core idea, core theme. I think UI's should evoke a feeling of ease and simplicity and familiarity for a user to feel comfortable using them.

platinumdragon 12y ago

A blank, black screen on Chrome mobile.

xxs 12y ago

I will be blunt here and say: The UI cannot be navigated with the keyboard at any rate and the back button does nothing. So as UI it's just bad. Its bouncy/fancy/flashy parts add to the bad and make it terrible in my book.

Fastidious 12y ago

It might be innovative, but it is very confusing. Innovative, but bad.

lukebennett 12y ago

I appreciate the purpose of the site is to demonstrate technical skills, and in this respect it clearly demonstrates a grasp of the underlying technologies. However, any suggestion or implication that this represents good UI reflects poorly on him (or maybe on the person who posted this, not sure if they're the same person). The words "innovative" and "UI" should never really go together as the best UI leans heavily on established practices so as to minimise cognitive overhead. Any innovation should be subtle and carefully thought through and tested, and involve evolution rather than revolution otherwise it becomes completely counter-productive.

instakill 12y ago

Innovative, yes. Intuitive, no.

arxii 12y ago

thanks for the comments everybody! also thanks to the guy who posted this. I will keep all of your awesome advice in mind when making my next web app. In this project, I wanted to focus heavily on creative concepts i felt where neat. Also i'm very OCD about making things look pretty and artistic. I will fix the url history problems thought, did not think of that one.