LN 038: Semantic zoom
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LN 038: Semantic zoom
This “undulant interface” was made by John Underkoffler. The heresy implicit within is the premise that the user, not the system, gets to define what is most important at any given moment; where to place the jeweler’s loupes for more detail, and where to show only a simple overview, within one consistent interface.
LN 038: Semantic zoom
Really important principle here, we surely now have enough computational power to actually begin to create interfaces for humans first, rather than for the needs of the developer or the computational stack first.
Though he knows it’s not fairly common, Colin’s left needing more:
What if there was a way to overlay somehow that I drank half a bottle of BodyArmor when I started the run? And at mile 6, I briefly stopped to drink some water and eat an energy gel.
And then how can I compare how that nutrition impacted my metrics compared to two weeks earlier when I... See more
What if there was a way to overlay somehow that I drank half a bottle of BodyArmor when I started the run? And at mile 6, I briefly stopped to drink some water and eat an energy gel.
And then how can I compare how that nutrition impacted my metrics compared to two weeks earlier when I... See more