Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Loading... (an interesting representation)

The topic says it all... I happened to bump over the IBM express site today and was awestruck by the way they have used the rich media technology to enhance user experience.

In a nutshell, if usability is about helping the user get the content they are looking for without any hassle... well then this site has definitely done a good job. Conceptualized in a very interesting way, a job well done.

So here's what I liked the most about the design adding value to user experience "Loading files(streaming) is done in an intesting way: The whole design revolves around choosing which floor you want to visit and you get a virtual feeling you are taken there via the elevator. As you choose the solution of technology you want to visit the elevator takes you up and parallely uses this gap to load the file... For once i felt nice about waiting for the content to stream.

check it out: http://express-portfolio.com/ibm/?

You'll know what i mean.

1 comment:

Engit said...

I m a BCA 1st yr student frm Lucknow,
and try building small apps such as Folder lock,Startup Manger etc.
Recently i saw a show on a Japanese Site designer named Yugo Nakamura ,his design are cool and interactive.
take a look
Nakamura's site

http://yugop.com/

A site designed by Nakamura

https://www.ecotonoha.com/index_en.html