05 April 2006
Great UIs: simple once you’ve seen that they’re possible
I've just bought the 'beta' PDFs of two new Pragmatic Programmer titles: 'Pragmatic AJAX' and 'Rails Recipes' (because they're in beta, they're not available as hard copy yet, and I'll get updates as the title develops - nice idea). In the AJAX book, chapter 1 (in describing Google Maps, which arguably kickstarted the current AJAX / Web2.0 boom) has a quote from Glenn Vanderburg that I want to remember for my forthcoming presentation on Web20: "Technically it’s easy, but the conception of this kind of interface is the really amazing part, just having the idea and then realizing that it could be done. So many things are simple once you’ve seen that they’re possible."
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Just been informed of the release of the latest beta of 'Rails Recipes' - ordered my copy, and had a LOL moment at this: "Your request to reship the PDF for Rails Recipes has been entered into our fulfillment system. Teams of PDF-aware gerbils are this very moment limbering up to deliver your content. Once they've finished, and we've cleaned the sunflower seed husks off your document, our system will be sending you an e-mail containing the download link."
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