[IxDA Discuss] Leopard & Core animation ... Wired says it will change the desktop forever

[Chris Bernard]

To me this sounds very similar to what WPF is designed to do for Windows. Presumably it will be a little more accessible to mainstream application developers than Direct X.

Like with all technology it will be used for good and evil. I suspect the 'blinking text' and 'skip intro' metaphor for Core Animation has yet to be created but for WPF applications it seems to be the 3D carousel interface for navigation. But things like WPF and Core Animation should make it easy to add subtly to interfaces that can convey emotion or delight. Notable examples of this exist today if one looks at products like Tivo, or how the log in screen on a Mac shakes at you if you enter the wrong password. Or even the cover flip interface on iTunes and with the iPhone. They are perhaps slightly on the gratuitous side but they are fun and pleasurable to use.

I remember a number of years ago when someone (I'm not sure who) characterized the forceful admonishments of a Usability guru as such, "If we are listened to what XXX had to say instead of grass in our front yards we would simply install concrete and paint it green."

Chris Bernard
Microsoft
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-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of David Malouf
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 9:04 AM
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Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Leopard & Core animation ... Wired says it will change the desktop forever

http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2007/06/core_anim

Can someone who is a cult of Mac person be so kind as to explain the
reality behind this hyped up article on "Core Animation" in the new
version of Mac OS X.

One person is quoted as saying its the best thing since Mac OS
delivered in 1984.

Just a little guy looking for a reality check.

-- dave


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