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mostly so what

www.dontclick.it mostly inspires a shrug and a so what-- but it is useful to remind people that you don't have to slavishly adhere to standards.

Posted at July 08, 2005 02:19 PM


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I'd say, this site wont come close to getting a "so what."
My 2 cents.

Posted by Lisa at July 8, 2005 11:17 PM


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I'm sure that many people were shrugging and saying so what when the first mouse appeared too. Its presentation doesn't lend to its cause, but I appreciated the energy that was put into the site; it's both informative and interactive. It may not have great implications for the immediate future but at least there's someone out there questioning the standard and trying to innovate upon it. Who among us can say that we're doing much more?

Posted by Joshua Kaufman at July 9, 2005 1:20 AM


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joshua++

Posted by Matt at July 10, 2005 2:26 AM


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1st it said - server failed - really don't click it :-)

2nd - after at least visited - "so what" is too much for such sites.

Posted by Cartoons-0f-Mine at July 13, 2005 7:21 AM


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I can see the motivation. After all, in real life people point at things they are interested in. The trouble is that in an interface like this there's far too much going on when you transit from one area of the screen to another (the mouse-overs trigger off everything needlessly). Although that's because they've eschewed any visual conventions for what's actionable and what's not, but even if they did it would become very tiring in serious use.

I'm a great believer in two-stage stuff: one gesture to situate/pause/evaluate, then one to select what you want. Point AND click.

Posted by Jonathan at July 14, 2005 5:26 AM


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good service

Posted by Frank Johnson at July 22, 2005 12:15 AM


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