[IxDA Discuss] Slick - no click!

[Davis Marasco]

In helping my boyfriend prep for upcoming interviews, I stumbled across 
dontclick.it.  The experience was a little jarring at first as I kept 
hitting the back button while navigating through the site and even 
attempted to <gasp!> click on a few 'links'.  This is the complete 
opposite experience of what they are trying to achieve; the navigation 
scheme is structured such that the application shifts its content as the 
user moves their mouse, avoiding the use of mouse buttons.   I'm not sure 
I'm ready to take the plunge yet myself as I quite enjoy the productive 
sounds of each mouse click. 

It is interesting though, and presents a whole new set of interaction 
challenges.  How do you confirm user choices without resorting to an 
explicit click and avoiding some random mouse movement?   Perhaps this 
type of interaction style works for exploratory tasks such as flipping 
through the paper online or browsing for a new sweater.  However, I can 
imagine that you might want to explicitly confirm that you're transferring 
$100.00 and not $10 000.00 to your kid's bank account for spending money 
at college! 

Cheers,
Davis
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davis marasco 

user experience lead > websphere business modeler > ibm canada 
email:dmarasco at ca.ibm.com | telephone: 905 413 5857 

...one person's common sense is another's foreign currency.