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Never be frustrated by a slow download again, thanks to this new “file download” interface that will give you a newfound appreciation of even the slowest download speed! A new and improved semi-“skeuomorphic” user interface paradigm.

Jul 28, 2019

Computers, UI / UX

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Background: Sometimes, it seems like a file is taking forever to download (or copy). A speed of 160 kilobytes per second may seem excruciatingly slow, but that’s actually an entire late-1970s floppy disk (Figure 1) per second. Proposal: Instead of just showing a slowly filling up progress bar when downloading (or copying) a file, a…
Are you tired of your computer MYSTERIOUSLY doing things in stony silence? Bring back 1980s retro charm and monitor your computer for malware and spyware with this ONE INSANE AUDIO TRICK! It drove an entire island of monks to madness!

Jan 22, 2018

Computers, Design, Technology, UI / UX

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Background: In the past, you could tell what a computer was doing (to some extent) just by listening to it. Disk access would be accompanied by a classic floppy disk sound (or the “click” of a hard drive) The fan would spin up if the CPU was under high load. You could actually listen to network…

floppy disk

Never be frustrated by a slow download again, thanks to this new “file download” interface that will give you a newfound appreciation of even the slowest download speed! A new and improved semi-“skeuomorphic” user interface paradigm.

Are you tired of your computer MYSTERIOUSLY doing things in stony silence? Bring back 1980s retro charm and monitor your computer for malware and spyware with this ONE INSANE AUDIO TRICK! It drove an entire island of monks to madness!