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The Rise of Contextual User Interfaces - ReadWriteWeb

Submitted by Eristoddle

Aug 10, 2008

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Another important breakthrough in the contextual UI approach is the realization that function is more important than design. The famous Apple mantra that design is the function is true, but not everyone can design like Apple. Lots of web sites in the nineties ended up with designs that were overwhelming and needlessly flashy. Those designs paid more attention to colors and forms than to the function. The new UIs are different, because a lot of them are purposely plain. They favor CSS over images, and focus on function and context instead of knock-out looks. Read the full article

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Wayne Smallman,

Aug 11, 2008

Agreed. But it's always too easy to praise Apple for being the pioneer when it was most probably Kai Kraus. A name worth looking up if you're not familiar...