Comments on: A solution in search of a problem. http://larryborsato.com/blog/2006/02/a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem/ Unpredictable. Unfocused. Just like life. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:40:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Jon Husband http://larryborsato.com/blog/2006/02/a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Jon Husband Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:17:34 +0000 http://alchemii.net/blog/2006/02/a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem/#comment-385 Exactly, You could conceivably make a posting tool that works from another interface frame of reference .. say, Mindmanager, and I think maybe tinderbox might be different, but it's been a long time since I looked at it. At Qumana we've actually had as a core component of our thinking the notion of how you "start a thought" when you are browsing and reading .. and a fair bit of HCI research backs up drag n' drop as the instantiating gesture .. hence our DropPad. But it's clear from user feedback that some people find the DropPad obtrusive (it used to be transparent) and they have to change their existing "what do I do when I have a thought" behaviours., etc. We find that when some take the time to change their nehaviours, they end up saving a whack of keystrokes and even sometimes begin to blog differently. Good point you made there. Exactly, You could conceivably make a posting tool that works from another interface frame of reference .. say, Mindmanager, and I think maybe tinderbox might be different, but it’s been a long time since I looked at it. At Qumana we’ve actually had as a core component of our thinking the notion of how you “start a thought” when you are browsing and reading .. and a fair bit of HCI research backs up drag n’ drop as the instantiating gesture .. hence our DropPad.

But it’s clear from user feedback that some people find the DropPad obtrusive (it used to be transparent) and they have to change their existing “what do I do when I have a thought” behaviours., etc.

We find that when some take the time to change their nehaviours, they end up saving a whack of keystrokes and even sometimes begin to blog differently.

Good point you made there.

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