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WebWord Weblog Posting Posting Date: April 11, 2003 Flashes of Brilliance and Use-Centered Design (Digital Web) -- "John Flach and Cynthia Dominguez coined the term “use-centered design” (yes, “use” not “user”) to describe a construct wherein the focus is on the interactions and relationships among the user, the goals of the user, and the technology."
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Interesting article. I'll go out on a limb and comment with my first impressions, which may be reversed later as I check out more of the Flash demo sites. I expected a lot from the demos of purported good Flash usage. However, the ground zero one was a little disappointing. It is disorienting to me when a detail covers up and replaces the main layout. I've always thought such maps would be best done with mouseovers that would pop up a small image next to the mouse cursor and therefore leave the overview intact. The detail pictures were also too close - long shots would help me get the overall picture much better. Wouldn't javascript suffice? I am not a web developer at all, but I am interested in which technologies are best at specific things. Posted by: Ralph on April 12, 2003 07:46 AM
OK, the Glen College map was a little better, but the rollovers were not very informative. It would have been a home run in my book if a small thumbnail picture like the one on the detail you get when you click popped up instead. Posted by: Ralph on April 12, 2003 08:09 AM
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