So before I get onto the next programming topic, I just want to mention an insanely cooling looking app that was on Digg earlier today: Scrybe.
As I'm sure with everyone as they first look at this, it just seems like yet another web 2.0 thing. And it is, but woah have they ever taken things to another level. It works seamlessly off/online! That's a cool feature, but obviously if it were the only noteable one, this post would be done here and now.
Everything has to do with context. This is a very neat idea that I am getting really interested in exploring further. Here's an example of how Scrybe does it: you will be on the main calendar view, then you can zoom into a day, zoom into the hours, zoom out to monthly view and further zoom out to yearly view! It really is worth seeing.
To be a bit more clear about how they deal with context, think of the average calendar grid. Then imagine sticking your fingers into one of the cells and prying it open to see what happens in that day in more detail while still seeing the rest of the month. Everything scales accordingly, etc. It really is quite an effect. Here's another way of looking at it. Imagine a door. Now imagine being able to look through the lockhole in the door and seeing everything in the room behind the door and still being able to see the whole door! Very neat indeed.
This idea really is turning out cool ideas in my head, I'll be back soon with a post about a simple plugins system, assuming I code it to a point where it lives up to my expectations.
- Uncategorized by Peter Goodman on Oct 20, 2006 @ 1:11pm
