Category Archives: Philosophy

the whys.

DYJ4U on iOS Autocomplete: a Response

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Joel Kin

Jason Clauß, self-described “UX Renegade,” recently published an article on the iOS keyboard’s suggestion bar: Doing Your Job For You: The iOS autocomplete. I have some thoughts. I strongly disagree with the conclusions Clauß draws. They’re based on his own “cursory … Continue reading →

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Things I Learned at Siggraph II (2012)

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Joel Kin

In the interests of becoming a more well-rounded individual in the extremely narrow field of computer graphics, I spent last week in sunny LA, attending Siggraph. What follow are my notes and a little bit of synthesis from various sessions … Continue reading →

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Lion: Breaking the Boundaries

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Joel Kin

New operating systems always bring so much to be annoyed by. In an attempt (perhaps already failed!) to look less like a curmudgeon, I’m going to talk about one of these things in a constructive way. Full-Screen Animations in Non-Full-Screen … Continue reading →

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Things I Learned at Siggraph

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Joel Kin

Our legions of dedicated fans (hi Mom) may have noticed a dry spell in the posts of late.  This is partly because I spent last week in beautiful Vancouver, B.C., attending the annual Siggraph conference.  In between time spent watching … Continue reading →

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Natural Scrolling is Natural

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Jerry Jones

For the first 24 hours using Lion, I was beyond frustrated with the fact that scrolling was now “backwards”. Every time I’d move my mouse to a window and scroll, I’d have a jarring moment where my brain would cringe … Continue reading →

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