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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fineus on January 02, 2006, 12:26:12 pm

Title: Don't Click It.
Post by: Fineus on January 02, 2006, 12:26:12 pm
I just ran across this... thought it might be of interest to anyone who uses the web alot - especially if you program in flash or have an interest in alternative user interfaces.

The point? You don't click anything on the site to navigate it. Ever. Check it out.

http://dontclick.it/
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: achtung on January 02, 2006, 01:20:53 pm
Wow that would be hell to ActionScript. 

But yea the ideas neat but it seems accident prone. 
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Rictor on January 02, 2006, 01:47:05 pm
See, now this is interesting. I'm betting everyone accidentally clicked at least once or twice.
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: WMCoolmon on January 02, 2006, 01:52:35 pm
I didn't. Lags like hell though.
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Prophet on January 02, 2006, 02:04:47 pm
You think thats cool? Imagine finding your son staring at some bestality porn site because someone left the mouse in the center of the screen...
:shaking:
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Goober5000 on January 02, 2006, 02:15:51 pm
Ugh.  Interesting, but I very much dislike it.
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Flipside on January 02, 2006, 02:20:22 pm
Doesn't appeal to me, I tend to drift the mouse over the screen when I'm browsing, using it sometimes as a sort of digital bookmark, I kept rolling over things I didn't intend to which made things confusing.
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Dark RevenantX on January 02, 2006, 02:41:14 pm
What's your mousecamp score?  Mine's 5500...
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Descenterace on January 02, 2006, 03:15:13 pm
Bleh. That's nearly as stupid a UI concept as the doubleclick. The whole point of the click is that it's a positive action and can't be misinterpreted by the machine.

Some art student confused 'innovative' and 'useful' again.
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Fineus on January 02, 2006, 03:22:55 pm
Did you check out the download buttons etc. and such? I thought they made a rather neat alternative to clicking. If you're careful it's easy to make it work.
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Rott3 on January 02, 2006, 04:29:12 pm
See, now this is interesting. I'm betting everyone accidentally clicked at least once or twice.

Ahh, your mind is weak, earthling. Not clicking is very easy (at least for me) and i find this whole thing to be very cool.
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Singh on January 02, 2006, 08:10:04 pm
bleh, I cant use the site since im at work (cant full-screen IE). In any case, not clicking isn't that hard at all. 50% of the my web surfing is done via the tab, enter, backspace and space buttons in the keyboard :p
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Cobra on January 02, 2006, 08:30:58 pm
uninteresting, but the only thing that gets my interest is the coding. :D
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Kosh on January 02, 2006, 09:53:51 pm
For a moment I thought you meant don't click the link in your thread. :p
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Styxx on January 02, 2006, 11:01:25 pm
Nice from a scripting standpoint. Terrible from a user interface standpoint.
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: FireCrack on January 03, 2006, 02:52:33 am
As above.
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Ransom on January 03, 2006, 02:55:10 am
I think it's pretty neat, actually. The way it's done on this site isn't very functional from a everyday use perspective, but it's a decent idea and if done right I think it could work well.
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: vyper on January 03, 2006, 07:37:44 am
Indeed. I've got to go with the "neat in concept, terrible in practise" way of thinking here. 'Tis impressive coding though. Bet he didn't do that with SWiSH ;)
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Black Wolf on January 03, 2006, 10:25:20 am
Annoying. Hated it.
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: ZmaN on January 03, 2006, 12:51:25 pm
it looks retarted.......

whats the point?  whats on the site?

ahh...  stupidist idea ever!
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Fineus on January 03, 2006, 12:58:40 pm
The site is just a demo of the potential interface. It's not supposed to lead to anything but to show you what is possible.

Of course if you did hate it - there's nothing for you there :)
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Polpolion on January 03, 2006, 06:39:07 pm
really stupid. no back button. takes too long to load
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Cobra on January 03, 2006, 07:16:03 pm
get off the crappy connection and computer then. :rolleyes:

sites like that are meant for xDSL and higher with a pretty fast computer as well.. i loaded it in an instant.
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Polpolion on January 03, 2006, 07:53:14 pm
i meant compared to normal sites.  anyway, i have DSL too. but ill admit that my computer is bad.
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: ZmaN on January 03, 2006, 08:50:33 pm
i meant compared to normal sites.  anyway, i have DSL too. but ill admit that my computer is bad.

dude, how bad is your computer?  I still cant understand why u cant run FSOpen!!!!  Whats the specs on that piece of crap of yours!! :p :p  lolololol
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: ZylonBane on January 04, 2006, 05:07:27 pm
Wow, an entire interface built around rollovers. Golly.

I gave up on it the moment the email dialog came up with directions to USE THE KEYBOARD to select fields instead of clicking. Because gosh, we can't admit that clicking actually has a place now can we?
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: Fineus on January 04, 2006, 06:02:50 pm
It doesn't, placing the cursor over the required text box also works. Try exploring properly before judging :)
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: aldo_14 on January 05, 2006, 06:23:43 am
It's ****, IMO.  A gimmick ahead of actual usability design.
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: pecenipicek on January 05, 2006, 07:08:25 am
this is just simply... UGH, it makes my eyes sore, but the mousewrapper is fun :p
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: aldo_14 on January 05, 2006, 07:12:30 am
Click Here, You Idiot! (http://www.clickhereyouidiot.com/)
Title: Re: Don't Click It.
Post by: pecenipicek on January 05, 2006, 07:37:50 am
thats why we love you aldo :p :D