Talk:Zooming user interface

message: I made a compilation of the History of Zooming User Interfaces:
http://zbalai.com/zuiwiki/index.php?title=Zooming_User_Interface_History
What do you advise regarding this content?
# Post it as a link in the main article?
# Create a Wikipedia article called history of user interfaces?
# Refine and shorten it and put it into the main ZUI article?
Zbalai (talk) 10:09, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: History of Zooming User Interfaces

message: Are ZUIs inherently bi-dimensional? I've removed the phrase "The computer game Black & White was noted for employing a ZUI as a means of navigating the in-game island scenery." because in this game the overall metaphor is not one of an infinite plane of information with objects represented at different levels of scale and detail, but one of navigating through a 3D environment. What are the limits of what is considered a ZUI in the academic world from which it originates? Diego Moya 11:09, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Bi-Dimensional?

message: Would OSX's Exposé count as a minimal implementation of a ZUI? -- Jeff 21:40, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say no. Exposé uses a zooming effect, but is not what I would consider a full-fledged ZUI. For example, it's more of a way to view other user interfaces (which aren't ZUIs), rather than an interface in itself. And besides that, you can't zoom in degrees. You either get the big picture at the top level, or the normal view. --Dan 18:47, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, Exposé does not seem to meet the requirements for a ZUI. Gwernol 19:02, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: BTW it's an interesting phenomenon to observe that the combination of Exposé (zoom out) and Quickview (zoom in) sort of converges towards the originial ZUI idea. It's still not a true ZUI, however. Andreas Schuderer (talk) 08:26, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exposé 

message: What?! Why did Gwernol remove the link to vsxu.com?
That's not spam. It's a link to a piece of software that uses a ZUI.
In what way is that different from all the other links to software that uses ZUI?
This article is about ZUI and ZUI software, isn't it? Ion seal 09:45, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam? 

message: I followed the link from iPhone, expecting to find a new stub. Instead, this looks to be a well-researched (if short) article with quite a history. Nice work! -- Kesh 01:37, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Pleasantly surprised

message: virtual desktop should be removed completely!  it is not a kind of ZUI.  furthermore, the section subtitle refers to the coming "full implementation".  As a subcategory of GUI, the ZUI is a kind of application; the ZUI is not an application and thus can not be implemented at all.  the section is off topic and poorly written from start to finish.  and finally, to the anonymous author of the section, i ask you this: is "alt+tab" a function or an application?  i think it is a feature of the application called Explorer -- simply neither. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.34.155.184 (talk) 07:09, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That is incorrect, there are many similarities between virtual desktops and ZUIs, the expo plugin for compiz-fusion is a great example, look at this clip on youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXF-zlcei20&mode=related&search=
--Wafflemou 08:08, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Yes & No... the mention of Virtual Desktops (wiki linked) and the reasoning is perfectly valid. Listing virtual desktop implementations should not be in this article. Osndok (talk) 19:26, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Virtual Desktop 

message: I am not convinced that the iPhone uses a ZUI, it just looks like it uses a zooming animation for its interface. And I can name many occurrences that a zooming animation is used in other things. --Wafflemou 08:16, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As of iOS7 it looks like Apple is moving much more towards a fully realised zoomable interface. I have updated this section accordingly. Erik Veland (talk) 06:11, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  iPhone 

message: Searching for ZUI doesn't bring up this page and the article that it directs to (Showtaro Morikubo) lacks a link to this page under the "redirected from" text.  Thus if you want to search for this article, you must know the already know what ZUI stands for (most people wouldn't).
--Maikeru Go (talk) 14:26, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect 

message: Should be mentioned, as a very early example of ZUI.  See here for the demo, and elsewhere on that site for more information. -- 207.233.32.18 (talk) 23:27, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jef Raskin's The Humane Interface, aka "Archy" 

message: Rescuing the deleted list of external links with a compilation of "Zoomable User Interface" examples and information. There are some items in there that are notable (e.g. Piccolo, Dasher) and should be redacted into the article. Diego Moya (talk) 22:48, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Please do so. I removed all of them because the list was too long and getting borderline spammy, but I'm sure some good ones were there that should be restored. But try to keep the number down (and make sure they are mentioned in the article text -- they should be if they're notable enough, anyway). Cheers, Waldir talk 21:14, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted links 

message: * Zooming Group Community for folks interested in zooming interfaces and technologies.
* ZOOMCREATOR | PORTAL | VRML TO PHOTOGRAPHY - VR ZOOM IMAGES A VRML to Photography Portal with links to zoom image hosting ,zoom technologies and more.
:Please do so. I removed all of them because the list was too long and getting borderline spammy, but I'm sure some good ones were there that should be restored. But try to keep the number down (and make sure they are mentioned in the article text -- they should be if they're notable enough, anyway). Cheers, Waldir talk 21:14, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resources 

message: I'm removing the whole section, as it keeps attracting ELNO links. I'll try to think of a way to restore the few encyclopedic links that describe the relevant ZUI projects. Diego (talk) 12:21, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed and PRESERVEd

message: Should Zooming window manager redirect here?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.247.163.191 (talk) 19:11, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zooming Window Manager