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    Google May Be Making Their User Interfaces Look Halfway Decent

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    Image of jrronimo jrronimo
    11/09/09

    In reply to Google May Be Making Their User Interfaces Look Halfway Decent
    Ugh, all of that wasted space in the Gmail shot up top makes me sad. #userinterface
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment jrronimo was starred jrronimo was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/09/09

    @jrronimo: If this functions anything like the Wave interface, you shouldn't need to be too worried about "wasted space". In Wave, each of the boxes/gadgets can be minimized to the top of the screen, Windows XP style.....if you have your taskbar up top, and occupying a void instead of an obvious bar.

    In the second shot, you see an example of this, as the Inbox is minimized.

    Again, assuming it's real. #userinterface
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/09/09

    In reply to Google May Be Making Their User Interfaces Look Halfway Decent
    Still can't sort columns. #userinterface
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    Image of steveodawg steveodawg
    11/09/09

    @ripfire: Single biggest failure of GMail. You can filter all you want, but you can only show email in the order Google thinks you should see it. #userinterface
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    11/09/09

    @steveodawg: It's Google's way of punishing Microsoft Office users. #userinterface
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    Image of whatne1wuddo whatne1wuddo
    11/09/09

    @ripfire: Out of curiosity, why would you want your emails sorted any other way than the date received? With tags, and searching, I can't see any other way I'd want to sort it. #userinterface
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    ripfire promoted this comment whatne1wuddo was starred whatne1wuddo was unstarred
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    11/09/09

    @whatne1wuddo: You can only search for things that you already know. However, you can't search for something if you don't know what you're looking for. Sometimes it's just easier to sort by contact and scroll through the names to find what you're looking for. (when you're dealing with Indian or Thai last names, trust me on this).

    Here's another example. Let's say I'm a manager at sales, and I created a folder for incoming requests from new clients. Normally, I would sort the messages by contacts and get a quick scan on a list of all the clients. In addition to that, I would be able to see how many requests each different client are submitting.

    Sorting is such a fundamental feature when dealing with lists, I just don't understand why Google won't implement it.
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    Image of whatne1wuddo whatne1wuddo
    11/09/09

    @ripfire: That's a good point. Alright, I understand completely now.

    TBH, i didn't even know Google didn't allow this until it was mentioned, seems like such a simple thing not to be in, and it's strange that there isn't a labs fix for it. #userinterface
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    Image of dallasmay dallasmay
    11/09/09

    In reply to Google May Be Making Their User Interfaces Look Halfway Decent
    You guys just don't get it. Google Wave is the new Google. Everything they make will be part of a Wave. That's how they will bring it to the mainstream and build critical mass for Google Wave. Every piece of Google will be assimilated into Wave. Maps, Bookmarks, GMail, News, Docs, they are all apart of the Wave.

    Google Wave is Google's real OS. Chrome OS is just a front. #userinterface
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    11/09/09

    @dallasmay: Also, every purchase, sale, or any kind of transaction will be made with Google Wave - if anyone doesn't have it, they'll be unable to buy or sell. #userinterface
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/09/09

    In reply to Google May Be Making Their User Interfaces Look Halfway Decent
    I think my Gmail screen looks just fine. It's clean, easy to read, and it only displays what I tell it to display. Threaded and Starred conversations and custome labels make it even simpler to organize everything into a neat and tidy inbox. There's always room for improvement, but as far as I'm concerned, this is the best looking and most cleanly organized email interface I've ever used.
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    Image of imTheKing imTheKing
    11/09/09

    @met2art: Hey what settings are you using for that theme? Looks much better than what I've seen. #userinterface
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    met2art promoted this comment imTheKing was starred imTheKing was unstarred
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    11/09/09

    @imTheKing: I've enabled various "Labs" settings, such as Superstars, Mark as Read, Multiple Inboxes, GDocs integration, Title Tweaks, and custom theme "Shiny." I also use Gmail exclusively through Chrome, which may contribute to the clean and simplified look. #userinterface
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    11/09/09

    @met2art: Of your use of the "Shiny" theme, I highly approve. #userinterface
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    11/09/09

    @met2art: Gmail + Chrome = Bliss #userinterface
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    11/09/09

    @met2art: Sweet. Thanks. #userinterface
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Google May Be Making Their User Interfaces Look Halfway Decent
    Halfway decent? One of the biggest reasons I'm attracted to Google and their applications if the fact that everything simple, effective and spartan. Look at Yahoo Mail or Hotmail by comparison to Gmail. Everything Google is simple and just plain works. The fonts, colours are soft and easy to use. And keeping everything simple also allows the Google sites to load the fastest and without any fuss. I don't need fancy graphics in my email client. I just need it to work smoothly and quickly. #userinterface
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Aetius was starred Aetius was unstarred
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    11/09/09

    @Aetius: My thoughts exactly. Of course, Google still gives the option to customize and "sweeten" things up a bit, as usual. My first priority with mail is speed, and second is keeping things organized. I've yet to see a mail client that can beat it in those categories. Glassy buttons, textured skins and glowing or sliding bits... it's a bunch of useless junk for people who have more time to gawk at their interface than actual work to get done. I say, get the art out of the way when there is work to be done. #userinterface
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    11/09/09

    @met2art: Design is only good if it complements the function. That is all. #userinterface
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Google May Be Making Their User Interfaces Look Halfway Decent
    I'll be honest, I don't see a whole lot of difference. I also don't really mind their current layout. Sure it looks simple, but sometimes simplicity is the best thing. #userinterface
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    Image of James Sorensen James Sorensen
    11/09/09

    In reply to Google May Be Making Their User Interfaces Look Halfway Decent
    now if gawker could follow suit #userinterface
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    met2art promoted this comment James Sorensen was starred James Sorensen was unstarred
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    11/09/09

    @James Sorensen: Agreed. Gizmodo has consistently had one of the worst interfaces and comment thread systems I've ever seen. It's always glitchy and slow, clearly hacked together by amateurs more intereste din displaying ads than providing a consistent and useful interface. If it weren't for the consistently high quality, unbiased and accurate articles from Jesus Diaz, I'd never look back... #userinterface
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    11/09/09

    @met2art: Ziiiing #userinterface
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    MS know how to make Computing students love them. A really nice tight IDE (that they give to students for free as well) and an excellent development environment (.NET). Not to mention they give students a lot of other free software. But yeah, they really know how to market to programmers. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Odin: Insert generic developers, developers , developers joke here. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Image of DirtyDogg DirtyDogg
    11/06/09

    @Xeno: You asked for it. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Xeno promoted this comment DirtyDogg was starred DirtyDogg was unstarred
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    11/06/09

    @DirtyDogg: What has been seen cannot be UNSEEN! #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    I think you Giz'd their site. The link doesn't seem to work for me. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @Digo: I almost feel dirty for doing that. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Rosa Golijan was starred Rosa Golijan was unstarred
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: haha, if only I could heart you again. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @Digo: I'll just have to heart you instead. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: =D #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: heart click #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment bnetter12 was starred bnetter12 was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @bnetter12: Ditto. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Image of Plamen Nicolov Plamen Nicolov
    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    Hey, this is nice, but it's nothing new. These transparent rear projection displays have been around for a long time now and widely available too. The gesture tracking with the two cameras in the base of the screen is nothing new too and has been around for a while, widely available too. The software funcionality is nothing new too.
    The combination of these technologies in a presentation staged like this is cool though. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment Plamen Nicolov was starred Plamen Nicolov was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @Plamen Nicolov: It's the combination that's the big deal by far. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Image of Plamen Nicolov Plamen Nicolov
    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: I agree, despite this has been done in the past in a way larger scale, just not from Microsoft. They have the resources to promote such a product in a way no one else can.

    A system like this one is fancy, but not too complicated - a glass with transparent projection foil, a cheap multimedia projector, a couple IR cameras for motion capturing and a software to analyze the video input from the cameras (there have been some open source projects floating around, but I'm sure Microsoft have their own algorithm), coupled with Win7 for cool effects. Everyone with some technical knowledge, programming skills and spare time is able to do this except the fancy staged presentation trick.

    It's good thing that Microsoft are into this stuff as this means greater publicity, more demand and then commercially available plug-and-play products. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Image of I Party With Smoot I Party With Smoot
    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    It's a clear glass display which accepts input through voice-control, touch-less gestures, and eye-tracking.

    Where I'm from, that costs $2/minute and you have to clean up the little room when you're finished. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    Apple already did this 15 years ago but decided it was not what people wanted.
    There, I've fed my inner troll for today.

    On a more serious note. I've always wondered if the images on these types of screens can be truly opaque or if they are always slightly translucent. I'm imagining a similar annoyance as the really glossy LCDs in which you constantly have to dodge reflections to be able to see properly. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @sneakypoo: Does this mean I don't have to toss you a cookie?

    I agree about the display concerns though as I'm regularly driven nutters by overly reflective screens, but I suppose we'll have to wait and see. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @sneakypoo: Until you slap a link on that, I'm going to sit here and believe that this simply wasn't possible 15 years ago. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment fryhole was starred fryhole was unstarred
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    11/06/09

    @sneakypoo: Apple doesn't decide if people like something. They just release it anyway and say it was ahead of its time when nobody buys it. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: One can never have enough cookies.
    @fryhole: I do believe I was talking out of my ass. Albeit quite nice to look at it doesn't always speak truthfully. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    The progression of several prototypes are really looking nice, with Surface, this prototype, and other interactive displays from a couple other companies give us a glimpse of what I imagine we will start seeing in some semi-regular fashion around the middle of the next decade.

    The funny part is that we'll likely be thinking of it all as just regular technology within a few years and asking the same question of why the future isn't coming soon enough.

    Sure, we don't have flying cars, but we have hybrids and electric cars, as well as a fairly futuristic-looking Aptera, we have cellphones a dime a dozen compared to when I were a kid thinking that might be impossible (Sure, there were the brick phones in the box from Cellular one for 5.99 a minute, but that's another topic.), and many of us never thought we'd see flatpanel TVs, only thinking that a hundred inch would take some REALLY HUGE CRTs or lamps. And did anyone think we were going to have Tazer guns already? It's no phaser, but they are sci-fi like. Just saying.

    But back to today, I am amazed at alot of technology is shaping to look like. That includes this display. I certainly can't wait to take a closer look at it, either. Now, who wants to play Peggle on this thing? #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Image of WolfPackWB WolfPackWB
    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    One step closer on the quest to become Tony Stark #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @WolfPackWB: I had forgotten about that! #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display
    Damn, I wish I had an incredibly prototype. Typo Friday! #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment You ate my cake! was starred You ate my cake! was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @You ate my cake!: Yes, yes. Stay tuned, I'm sure I'll demonstrate my love for Typo Friday a few more times.

    Fixed though. Thank you. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: slashgeat
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment 12mimo001 was starred 12mimo001 was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @12mimo001: See?

    Thank you. #microsofttouchlessuserinterface...
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