Archive for the 'design' Category

Why I will also never deploy with Java Web Start again

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

Keith Lea pointed out that he will never deploy with Java Web Start again.
With Web Start in its current form, he’s be deploying with it long before I will use it again.  “Never” is much too soon.. here is why, echoing and expanding on Keith’s experiences. Some of these things are not Web Start’s […]

Slider Control for Touch-Screen Applications

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

At Oasis Digital we are working on an application that will run on a touch-screen computer, and which will be used to (among other things) control an audio amplification system. There are some design considerations for touch-screen applications which are rather stark once you use the touch-screen for a few minutes:

A finger is rather […]