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from 自说自划 by Terry 2008-10-25 13:52 Last.fm的COO在Myspace推出新音乐平台时接受媒体采访时曾提到，Last.fm的优势除了音乐发现引擎还在于他们拥有全球最庞大的音乐信息库，他们每秒收到700比特的信息，目前已经有超过200亿条信息来自200多个国家的用户。 有音乐爱好者基于Last.fm的用户讨论，建立了一个类似于可视化的音乐Twitter项目–Roktok。（显示的是当前在Last.fm讨论最热门的5个乐队的用户和话题）
这种酷界面虽然感觉很不错，不过好像也只适合这些实验项目。 © Terry for 自说自划, 数字音乐. | 链接 | 评论(0) | Music2.0 | 相关文章《分享主义：一场思维革命》 by Isaac Mao. 社会化媒体中的网民将Web2.0推向高潮，他们之间的交流日益频繁和自由。这种创造性的爆发中所蕴含的内在活力，非常值得进一步研究。人们为什么加入这场运动？他们会带来什么样的影响？一个重要的事实是分享者之 ... 我们正在经历一场变革。 互联网在迅速的变化着，我们如今面对的问题在十年前可能闻所未闻。消费类数码产品，比如便携数码相机的大规模普及，以前一个家庭可能只需要几个相片簿就能解决一家三口的照片问题。但现在，拍摄成本的降低、存储成本的降低，让照片管理越来越成为一个问题。在面对这些问题的时候，我们没有前车之鉴。 互联网技术（连接速度和连接率）的发展更加剧了这个变化过程。 我们暂且抛开照片和图片的区别，仅谈谈照片和相册的问题。我们先来看一个情景。
看，这里面有这样几个问题：存储、整理、浏览、分享（含隐私控制）。从历史的角度去看这几方面：回家翻翻老照片，存储和整理用不同的相片簿就能解决，浏览就是时不时自己翻着看看，分享仅限于上门拜访（熟人），至于隐私控制，你不把私密的相片簿拿出来就行了。 而到了现代，发生了彻底的变化。照片数量、内容激增，简单几个相片簿远远不能满足，浏览难度大，分享范围广（可能面向整个互联网），导致隐私控制难。 我一直相信好的相册服务（网站、软件等）能够引导、教育、帮助人们合理、愉悦的存储、整理、浏览、分享自己的照片。如 Flickr 一般，提供Collections、Sets、Tags、Archives这样的方式，真的就是做到极致了吗？Tag 在一开始确实挺有新意，分众分类，但用过之后的人都知道，要用好 Tag 非常不容易。这个过程并不愉悦。 在话题讨论之后，我大致设计了这样一个相册产品（要点）：
最后罗嗦一下相册网站的照片上传，除了本地软件上传以外，似乎在线上传的都没有提供这样一种功能，就是在上传的过程中可以在网站上干其他事，都是不允许关闭上传窗口等。其实这点技术上应该可以实现的。 以上仅仅是简单的对通用相册网站的一些想法。不包括行业网站的相册功能、特定网站的相册服务等，实际上这在书友会上也讨论了不少，甚至包括摄影师、摄影行业和技术的发展。 如今，CTO下面带三个部门：研发、产品、用户体验设计（UED），几乎成了成熟互联网企业的标准配置。在整个行业对于“用户体验”认识还不够的时候，这样做比较有利于产品体验的提升。 但，随着用户体验工作不断的深入，问题逐渐呈现。 1、关注并参与到产品的用户体验设计，应该是整个公司的责任。但，往往正因为有了UED这样一个部门配置，导致其他角色冷眼旁观，或者被凉到了一边。 2、无论从权利还是能力的角度来讲，对UED都是很大的压力。很多时候产品体验不好，不一定就是设计的原因，更不一定是用户体验设计师的原因。但，只要体验不好就是你不好，谁让你叫UED！ 3、用户体验设计一直在深入，我们从最早的UI到人机交互，又到信息架构、内容设计，不断的切入到呈现层的每一个环节。 4、对于产品部门，这也是一件特别痛苦的事情，产品的工作范围具体到什么程度，是否需要涉及具体的呈现，同样是个头痛的问题。因为，后面的界面设计影响了产品的效果，也是经常发生的事情。 5、总得来说：UED责任和压力太大，而且做事束手束脚；产品既要制定战略/方向又要设计呈现层，不能专心深入做事。 产品应该更专心的去考虑商业、市场，更专心的去把握和主导产品大方向；设计应该更加尽情的去设计产品呈现形态。用户体验，是大家的事情。 1、产品市场部： 2、产品设计部： 当然，如JunChen所说：“重要的不在于叫什么名字，而在于是什么人在做什么事”。但，事实证明叫法确实形成了很多阻碍；而且，不把产品设计师放到现在的UED队伍，会导致重复越来越多。 PS： . . 为了保证回复质量，以后我的所有设计类文章将彻底关闭评论。 回复，请到UCD大社区发表你的观点。 from MakeUseOf.com by Tina 2008-10-22 00:01
Increasing the available space, for example by adding a second monitor or installing a virtual desktop manager provides more room for multiple open programs, and can help to stay organized with complex projects. Additionally, more space offers more room for creativity and a unique desktop. Experience something different and take your desktop for a spin with 360desktop (Windows only).
In its native form the program control panel hides unsuspiciously in the top right of your screen. Nothing else hints to the presence of a “spinning” desktop. Clicking on the control in the top right reveals a 360desktop preview or QuickNav of the whole desktop, with little symbols representing the position of open windows on the desktop.
Spinning through the desktop can be done in three different ways: - drag the red slider of the control panel to the left or right The Windows taskbar stays put at all times. When you click on the button of an open application in the taskbar, 360desktop can pan it into focus. New applications, folders or widgets are opened wherever you are on your desktop. Thus, it’s smart to move to the right spot before opening them because dragging an item to the left or right border of your screen does not initiate panning! The right-most button on the control panel opens the 360 Manager. This is where you can manage and select 360s (wallpapers) and widgets. The website offers a nice selection of 360s in their gallery and registered users can create their own with the Create 360 tool.
There are no widgets for download because you create them yourself. You can clip any part of any web page to your desktop, get web widgets or keep your favorite media files on your desktop. It can be most popular page from Youtube, your playlists from some music site etc.
When you see something you would like to add to your 360desktop, copy the URL or code, then click the widget button on the 360desktop control panel, name your widget and paste the URL or code into the respective field. To complete, click OK and you’re done. For me, adding a YouTube video didn’t work because 360desktop relies on Internet Explorer, and apparently my IE isn’t able to playback stuff from YouTube. But as you see below, creating widgets did work for websites and images that I clipped to my 360desktop.
Each widget comes with its own controls. You can scale the widget window, move it around and close it. To re-open a widget, you must go back to the 360 Manager. Here you can also delete widgets. The widgets that were open when you closed 360desktop will automatically open again when you re-launch the application. They will open in the same configuration and arrangement as before in respect to each other. However, they will open wherever your current focus is. Finally, there is a 360desktop button in the task manager. This is where you can control how the tool acts. Define characteristics like sensitivity, speed or which items shall or shall not pan. For example, when you disable icon panning, your desktop icons will not move when you take your desktop for a spin.
Do you have sufficient space on your desktop? If not, how do you cope and could this application provide a solution? What do you think about it in general? (By) Tina is a regular MUO author. In her offline life she's a PhD student interested in unraveling signaling events that determine cartilage and bone development. New subscriber? Get your freebies at MakeUseOf Downloads. Enjoy! Tags:desktop, desktop enhancements, virtual desktop, widgetsRelated postsfrom MakeUseOf.com by Laurence John 2008-10-22 04:01
As of the Zune 3.0 update however the Zune has become a fantastic product, enough so that I actually went and bought one myself, a 120 gigabyte Zune I ordered from America and got sent here to Australia. The whole thing has seriously impressed me and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the product for anyone looking to replace their MP3 player. What I want to talk about in this article however is just the computer software and why, even if you don’t own a Zune, it’s still worth using as a media player for your music. Before I do however I would suggest that if you are not a US citizen, you download the International Zune Hack for the software. This will allow you to access all the features and sign up for Zune Social using your Live ID. InterfaceThe Zune software often flies under the radar compared to rival Apple’s iTunes and it’s a shame because it’s one of Microsoft’s most impressive offerings and stands out from just about every media software I’ve previously used. It looks great, functions great and performs decently. I would stress however that this software isn’t for meta-data geeks, of anyone who likes to fully customise every aspect of their listening habits and library. However it does provide a great experience as long as you don’t expect it to function in the same way as other media software.
Music Visualisations and ‘Now Playing’Maybe I speak for myself here, but for years I never saw the point of visualisations. What exactly were they for? If I have my media player up on the screen it’s because I’m browsing my music library, not staring at the pretty shapes and colours while a song plays. Anyway perhaps with this in mind the Zune 3.0 update provides a great way to show visualisations, down at the bottom of the main screen as you can see from the screenshot. To really appreciate it you’ll have to download and try it for yourself, it looks great trust me. The ‘Now Playing’ screen is even better, rather than just a larger version of the visualisation seen above there is a full screen display of ever-changing album covers which looks fantastic. In fact when I’m not using the computer for anything else I often just leave it up while my music plays.
It gets even better though. If you’re connected to an internet connection and you have the ‘Now Playing’ screen up than you’ll get a new kind of display for many popular artists which will look like the following displaying pictures, text and animations related to the band:
MixViewThis new feature is designed to help you get involved in the Zune Social, discover new bands and find out more information concerning bands you already know.
PodcastsBefore getting my Zune, podcasts never really interested me, but the Zune software provides an easy way to subscribe so I got into listening to them. In the Marketplace you can find hundreds of podcasts with more being added all the time, although sometimes it can take a long time to get a podcast submitted and accepted.
These are just a few of the features of the Zune software. I would definitely recommend downloading it and giving it a try. There is so much I haven’t mentioned here. Do you use it and if so, what do you like about it? (By) Laurence John was born naked, screaming and utterly helpless at some point in the last century. With the help of talented programmer and fellow MUO author Wez Pyke, Laurence is working on a new Blog; extendably.com, check it out! New subscriber? Get your freebies at MakeUseOf Downloads. Enjoy! Tags:iTunes, Microsoft, music, music manager, music player, podcasts, ZuneRelated posts
观察过不少用户的相册，用户需求主要有如下几类：
Flickr与Picasa就是这么两款典型产品。他们的区别在于，Flickr以网络应用为切入点，Picasa则是本地应用。在产品结构角度，Flickrs以照片为中心，Picasa则以相册为中心。 组织策略Flickr默认提供photos单张浏览，按上传时间倒序排列，最先看到后上传的。首页提供layout个性化定制，组织形式上现在是photostream, collections, sets的三层结构，并可以根据如下列表观察到整个由简入繁的发展里程： Flikcr > Your Photos > Sets > Photo Picasa组织上简单的多，默认就提供albums浏览，类似Flickr的sets类型，也是按上传时间倒序排列。本地管理还提供有平铺文件夹结构、文件夹树结构两种模式。 Picasa > My Photos > Albums > Photo 管理策略在方便快速浏览的需求上，Flickr因为页面宽度固定默认sets内照片为固定最小规格，Picasa由于页面宽度自适应则提供有针对albums内照片预览的大小调整功能。 Flickr即使花费大量时间组织collections, sets后，我还是更愿意用搜索功能。其上传过程也一直在尝试良好交互促进用户保证每张照片的tag, title, description信息量，通过对数据挖掘的关键性引导，大大提高了管理有效性，其实就是系统内的SEO理论应用。 Picasa本地albums可以选择创建日期、最近修改日期、大小、名称做关键索引，但搜索只能匹配文件夹、文件命名两个字段。可见Picasa组织关系单一，比较适合对已知数据的管理，量过大时效率会明显低下来。 此外，Flickr提供了独立的archives功能，支持对拍照日期、上传日期检索。 外链和存储策略Flickr提供有Square, Thumbnail, Small, Medium, Large, Original六种大小规格形式，除Square是固定75*75规格，Original是原图，其他都是等比缩放。
其中farm4是服务器集群，曾经被GFW掉的是farm1, farm2两个IP，新增的farm3, farm4国内都能正常访问。另外，Flickr各尺寸规格由特定参数控制，唯一特殊的原图命名经过再次加密，因为曾出现过参数规律泄漏原图地址，然后被用户投诉的状况。 Picasa提供的全部是等比缩放，依宽度分144px, 288px, 400px, 800px四种规格，并且根据此宽度标准判断是否压缩图片质量。比如预设为800px的情况，当实际等于或大于800px时，质量400k大小的图片，会被压缩到一百多K甚至更少；如果实际小于800px则显示原图。
其中lh3也是服务器集群，但Picasa通过对路径加密来保证url唯一，不会更改原图命名。显然，Picasa仅判断尺寸的做法不太符合常规，所有尺寸规格也都有镜像，而不是接收请求后再做计算输出，财主办事果然有风度。 权限策略Flickr首先简单分公开、私有两种级别，紧接着在私有的情况下，可以增设对朋友、家人的分享，这样的权限结构更接近真实生活圈子。Picasa仅支持对albums的权限设置，并且只有公开、不公开两种设置，社区感欠缺不过倒也符合产品定位。 同时Flickr不支持直接控制Sets权限，只是在organize中提供有一系列较方便的批量操作。典型简化产品结构规避技术难度，同时强化交互弥补结构不灵活的优秀案例。 from moond{lab} by Ian Liu 2008-10-21 14:29 昨天同事无意又谈起了这个老话题，美工和设计师（视觉）有什么不同？ 以文字排版设计为例，列了下面两个图来说明，可能会有一些启发， 第一个图应该算美工做的(我随手画的)，第二个是算设计师做的（来自thecreator）：
下面简单说一下我画第一图的用意：
上面只是个人的一些体会，相信设计师对这几点的思考会带来一些启发，欢迎大家补充、交流。
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Your desktop provides a limited amount of space. Usually that’s just enough to do one thing at a time. Many times however, these two dimensional limits are way too tight to work productively with layers of open windows. 
What I’m not going to do in this review is mention the word ‘iPod-killer’ because in the past that has seemed to be pretty bad for business! I will say this though…before the Zune 3.0 update, the choice between a Zune or an iPod was essentially being made by those who would avoid an iPod at all costs, just for the sake of non-conformity.
