Have a two tier system - beta and release. Clearly the release version would come out a lot later (if at all) and have limited functionality, but heck - you could sue if it freezes mid level.
and then when 'the whole situation's lost control' another search engine springs up that doesn't censor content based on knee-jerk reactions and potential bad press. 'Fair on Google' doesn't come into it.
I agree that that 'the "shuttered glasses" tech' won't last - I'm old enough to remember the enchantment of getting the first issue of a 3D comic for free with Sugar Puffs back in the 70's (albeit you had to save up some tokens). You got the cardboard glasses with colored perspex and a magazine full of red and blue offset adventures of the Honey Monster - great stuff to experience and show your mates, but a one time experience then the novelty wore off very quickly. I lost the glasses under a pile of other comics pretty quickly too and the novelty factor wasn't strong enough to make me that bothered to look for them. Sugar Puffs didn't release a second installment, so I guess I wasn't the only one.
The shuttered approach is the next step, but the glasses are a big barrier to general adoption. They are also nightmare for epileptics and migraine sufferers who trigger with photo-electric flashing - a small minority I know, but they are clearly not ideal.
Give me a small flatbed system, with a full-colour holographic representation of the movie me an my mates can sit around and watch. Better still, give me a large one I can project into the middle of the room and sit inside.
No glasses though - please.
The PRS is the '_Performing_ Rights Society'. As the article says - 'Consumers spent less on recorded music, down 6% since 2007, but concert ticket sales have grown by some 13% as the industry as whole slowly evolves and adapts to digital distribution.'. They collect royalties for performances, not physical sales of CDs, or royalties from downloads, which are collected in the main by the MCPS (Mechanical Copyright Protection Service).
The music industry in terms of the main labels remains slow to adapt, and the ridiculously high percentages charged by download services like iTunes (50% for smaller labels/bands in the UK, plus another 10% to go through a broker if they refuse to deal direct) means that bands are forced to play live as the only sensible source of income.
No doubt user experience of UI will be quantified by software more clearly over the next few years - in the same way that shops are now analysing footfall and even eye contact with product.
I think you're looking for the wrong solution though - nothing beats testing the system with the public. Your Mum, your Grandma, your mates, your girlfriend - even (though I hesitate here) focus groups. You'd be amazed how little your amazing technical back-end systems mean next to nothing to a typical user.
Even if you've created the most awesome, useful system, people will get confused if the login box is too small or the logo is a bit too harsh color-wise.
Stick it live, wave the big Web 2.0 beta flag, and be amazed at the feedback. And stop listening to the people who think they understand what a UI should be.
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Have a two tier system - beta and release. Clearly the release version would come out a lot later (if at all) and have limited functionality, but heck - you could sue if it freezes mid level.
and then when 'the whole situation's lost control' another search engine springs up that doesn't censor content based on knee-jerk reactions and potential bad press. 'Fair on Google' doesn't come into it.
How exactly do you actually do that?
I agree that that 'the "shuttered glasses" tech' won't last - I'm old enough to remember the enchantment of getting the first issue of a 3D comic for free with Sugar Puffs back in the 70's (albeit you had to save up some tokens). You got the cardboard glasses with colored perspex and a magazine full of red and blue offset adventures of the Honey Monster - great stuff to experience and show your mates, but a one time experience then the novelty wore off very quickly. I lost the glasses under a pile of other comics pretty quickly too and the novelty factor wasn't strong enough to make me that bothered to look for them. Sugar Puffs didn't release a second installment, so I guess I wasn't the only one. The shuttered approach is the next step, but the glasses are a big barrier to general adoption. They are also nightmare for epileptics and migraine sufferers who trigger with photo-electric flashing - a small minority I know, but they are clearly not ideal. Give me a small flatbed system, with a full-colour holographic representation of the movie me an my mates can sit around and watch. Better still, give me a large one I can project into the middle of the room and sit inside. No glasses though - please.
The PRS is the '_Performing_ Rights Society'. As the article says - 'Consumers spent less on recorded music, down 6% since 2007, but concert ticket sales have grown by some 13% as the industry as whole slowly evolves and adapts to digital distribution.'. They collect royalties for performances, not physical sales of CDs, or royalties from downloads, which are collected in the main by the MCPS (Mechanical Copyright Protection Service). The music industry in terms of the main labels remains slow to adapt, and the ridiculously high percentages charged by download services like iTunes (50% for smaller labels/bands in the UK, plus another 10% to go through a broker if they refuse to deal direct) means that bands are forced to play live as the only sensible source of income.
No doubt user experience of UI will be quantified by software more clearly over the next few years - in the same way that shops are now analysing footfall and even eye contact with product. I think you're looking for the wrong solution though - nothing beats testing the system with the public. Your Mum, your Grandma, your mates, your girlfriend - even (though I hesitate here) focus groups. You'd be amazed how little your amazing technical back-end systems mean next to nothing to a typical user. Even if you've created the most awesome, useful system, people will get confused if the login box is too small or the logo is a bit too harsh color-wise. Stick it live, wave the big Web 2.0 beta flag, and be amazed at the feedback. And stop listening to the people who think they understand what a UI should be.