#FF00AA

@web@

The endlessly scrolling page [via]. That interface is much more interesting, and organic, than the live.com results page — and it’s amazingly simple Javascript that’s got to work pretty much everywhere. I wouldn’t use it for a blog (I think archive navigation by date makes more sense) but it’s a great idea for an aggregator or search engine. And I might just steal it for gayattitude’s blog aggregator.

It’s a pity they have to show the “If you are using the scroll bar, release the mouse to see more posts” hint, though. I wonder — have there been studies made to determine how many people use the mouse’s scroll wheel versus the windows’s scroll bars?

 

@apple@

OS X needs its Minesweeper, and why wouldn’t it be Tetris? Good points, except that Microsoft “invented” Minesweeper (even if I don’t suppose they actually invented that game principle itself), whereas Tetris could never be equated with Apple.

Still, licensing Tetris would be a nice touch. More interesting than Nanosaur. (Well, different purposes — Nanosaur is only included to demonstrate that a Mac can do 3D games.)

 

@windows@

Fitt’s Law in Office 2007. I subscribed to this blog a while ago because it’s such a weird experience, seeing a Microsoft design team (and a major one at that) get stuff right.