{"id":12397,"date":"2007-06-19T11:26:54","date_gmt":"2007-06-19T11:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2007\/06\/slick-search-driven-flash-ui.html"},"modified":"2007-06-19T11:26:54","modified_gmt":"2007-06-19T11:26:54","slug":"slick_search_driven_flash_ui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/19\/slick_search_driven_flash_ui\/","title":{"rendered":"Slick search-driven Flash UI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Given that discovering the graphical UI (specifically, MacPaint) was a life-changing event for me, it’s a little funny that I find myself so interested in search as a UI tool.  But as we’ve said many times now<\/a>, categorization goes only so far.  Once you get beyond a certain number of things (pictures, emails, menu items, etc.), you need some form of type-to-find. <\/p>\n

Photoshop UI designer Andrew Lin<\/a> points out the site for design firm S-W-H<\/a>, which features a slick, easy-to-use search function (including auto-complete).  Coupled with the blazing fast transition animations*, it gives you a sense of flying through a large body of work.  Bonus: Typing “foo” (and lots of other things) treats you to the sounds of people excitedly going off in Dutch. <\/p>\n

For a counterpoint, check out the frankly terrible interface for HBO’s John From Cincinnati site<\/a> (too bad, as I’m digging the new show’s tripped-out profane-cowboy<\/a>-meets-longboard lingo).  The site loads by promising a carousel of content, but it then immediately hides said content, making you guess about search terms (kind of hard if you’re new to the show, eh?). <\/p>\n

Tangentially related bits:<\/p>\n