Comments on: An ode to desktop app experiences http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/04/desktop-app-experiences/ A blog on entrepreneurship, user experience, and web innovation. Published by Fred Oliveira. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: an ode to desktop app experiences part 2 | reinventar.com http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/04/desktop-app-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-42025 an ode to desktop app experiences part 2 | reinventar.com Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:07:47 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/04/desktop-app-experiences/#comment-42025 [...] Fred Oliveira’s post on desktop experiences made me think about all those little gems we have installed on our computer [...] [...] Fred Oliveira’s post on desktop experiences made me think about all those little gems we have installed on our computer [...]

]]> By: An ode to desktop app experiences, part 2 : reinventar http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/04/desktop-app-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-37842 An ode to desktop app experiences, part 2 : reinventar Sat, 19 May 2007 21:30:48 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/04/desktop-app-experiences/#comment-37842 [...] Fred Oliveira’s post on desktop experiences made me think about all those little gems we have installed on our computer [...] [...] Fred Oliveira’s post on desktop experiences made me think about all those little gems we have installed on our computer [...]

]]> By: LuPereira http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/04/desktop-app-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-35214 LuPereira Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:02:22 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/04/desktop-app-experiences/#comment-35214 I really like this "fundation" (hope I'm not wrong) and his mission. Help other projects is something that people who's on the starting part needs. Other thing that I really like is the design... I think it is simple but at the same time ver atractive and beauty... Because I like the "fundation" and this fundation's design I thought that I should put in here a thing that I think it is wrong in the design. In the principal menu there are some links. When we put the cursor hover the area where the link is placed the color changes. It's basic CSS. Until here everything is right. I think that the fact of you need to click in the exactly place of the letters to go to the webdevision of this website is wrong. Once that the cursor to active the color of the hover <a> have a big space to pass I thought that the area capable of send us to the others webdevisions of the website by clicking should be such big as the area of hover... I think that's the only think with what I disagree on your website. For the rest of the site CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!! It is amazing.</a> I really like this “fundation” (hope I’m not wrong) and his mission.
Help other projects is something that people who’s on the starting part needs.

Other thing that I really like is the design…
I think it is simple but at the same time ver atractive and beauty…

Because I like the “fundation” and this fundation’s design I thought that I should put in here a thing that I think it is wrong in the design.

In the principal menu there are some links. When we put the cursor hover the area where the link is placed the color changes. It’s basic CSS.
Until here everything is right.

I think that the fact of you need to click in the exactly place of the letters to go to the webdevision of this website is wrong.

Once that the cursor to active the color of the hover have a big space to pass I thought that the area capable of send us to the others webdevisions of the website by clicking should be such big as the area of hover…

I think that’s the only think with what I disagree on your website.

For the rest of the site CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!
It is amazing.

]]> By: Josh Catone http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/04/desktop-app-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-34599 Josh Catone Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:31:53 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/04/desktop-app-experiences/#comment-34599 Great post, Fred. Even though web apps have taken some great strides on the UI front in recent years, it is that lack of a desktop-like experience that is a big part of what will keep me using Word over Docs and Spreadsheets, and Thunderbird over GMail, etc. Available anywhere convenience is sometimes just not enough to make up for the hit you take in user experience. But once you get both... look out. Great post, Fred. Even though web apps have taken some great strides on the UI front in recent years, it is that lack of a desktop-like experience that is a big part of what will keep me using Word over Docs and Spreadsheets, and Thunderbird over GMail, etc. Available anywhere convenience is sometimes just not enough to make up for the hit you take in user experience. But once you get both… look out.

]]> By: Diana http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/04/desktop-app-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-34594 Diana Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:00:07 +0000 http://blog.webreakstuff.com/2007/04/desktop-app-experiences/#comment-34594 I couldn't agree more. And in 2007, it's not a lack of tools that's holding us back. One problem is that many web designers come from a background of designing pages rather than applications--and web developers have been focused on the technology, not the experience. So many web sites don't have an object model or a clear sense of how the user flows from one task to another. Definitely fixable, but not a trivial problem. I couldn’t agree more. And in 2007, it’s not a lack of tools that’s holding us back.

One problem is that many web designers come from a background of designing pages rather than applications–and web developers have been focused on the technology, not the experience. So many web sites don’t have an object model or a clear sense of how the user flows from one task to another. Definitely fixable, but not a trivial problem.

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