Modelling User Workflows

(source: macromedia.com)

At Macromedia, there is a nice introduction to user workflow modelling applied to the context of Flash development.

Via iaslash.

More Input Modes for Your Mobile Phone

Samsung has released a mobile phone prototype which can be used for normal functions (control the music player, etc) by producing physical gestures up on the air. The phone tracks the movements and these get translated into commands. But, what commands are they?

The detection of 3D movement and recognition of 3D "shapes" using only sensonrs built in on the device is not a trivial problem, and according to the article, Samsung researchers have found a way to do it.

Although is not clear the exact type of functionality that will be implemented by and how useful this functionality might be, some ideas of 3D interaction and context of use have been long discussed in, for instace, the classic 3D Tutorial "The Art and Science of 3D Interaction" and the follow up book "3D User Interfaces: Theory And Practice"

Towards semantic web search

Microsoft is experimenting with returning search results from their beta search service formatted as a RSS 2.0 feed. This feature will open (if they keep it) new ways to parse search results and create in turn new web search applications and forms of interact with it. Google has a similar feature available by using their Web Service API.

Via Msn Search's Weblog