Comments on: How to use a bit of cleverness to impress your users http://thinkvitamin.com/design/how-to-use-a-bit-of-cleverness-to-impress-your-users/ The Web Practitioner's Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://thinkvitamin.com/design/how-to-use-a-bit-of-cleverness-to-impress-your-users/#comment-3561 Ryan Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:27:00 +0000 http://carsonified.com/design/how-to-use-a-bit-of-cleverness-to-impress-your-users#comment-3561 @Brad - Thanks for the tips @Prisca - I hadn't seen that in SilverBack. Sounds like a great idea. @Brad – Thanks for the tips

@Prisca – I hadn’t seen that in SilverBack. Sounds like a great idea.

]]> By: prisca http://thinkvitamin.com/design/how-to-use-a-bit-of-cleverness-to-impress-your-users/#comment-3566 prisca Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:20:28 +0000 http://carsonified.com/design/how-to-use-a-bit-of-cleverness-to-impress-your-users#comment-3566 Ryan, nice post, always worth to point out the little details, I agree with you - makes such a difference :-) I'm sure you must have given SilverBack a test run by now - don't you just love the gorilla finger tapping while exporting is in progress? That is such a nice touch :) Ryan,

nice post, always worth to point out the little details,
I agree with you – makes such a difference :-)

I’m sure you must have given SilverBack a test run by now – don’t you just love the gorilla finger tapping while exporting is in progress? That is such a nice touch :)

]]> By: Brad Gignac http://thinkvitamin.com/design/how-to-use-a-bit-of-cleverness-to-impress-your-users/#comment-3565 Brad Gignac Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:59:06 +0000 http://carsonified.com/design/how-to-use-a-bit-of-cleverness-to-impress-your-users#comment-3565 @Ryan, The icon set you want is Adiumy Green. It was my default icon set when I installed the application. I would imagine the other Adiumy icon sets in various colors would support it as well. I poked around my preferences and found a few things that might be preventing you from seeing the animated dock icon: 1. Preferences -> Advanced -> Messages - There are some dock icon-related options here you might want to play around with. 2. Preferences -> Events - This looks like it might be a mess to start changing, but you should probably look here if the first option doesn't work. I saw some text related to bouncing the dock icon. @Ryan,

The icon set you want is Adiumy Green. It was my default icon set when I installed the application. I would imagine the other Adiumy icon sets in various colors would support it as well. I poked around my preferences and found a few things that might be preventing you from seeing the animated dock icon:

1. Preferences -> Advanced -> Messages – There are some dock icon-related options here you might want to play around with.

2. Preferences -> Events – This looks like it might be a mess to start changing, but you should probably look here if the first option doesn’t work. I saw some text related to bouncing the dock icon.

]]> By: Tobin Harris http://thinkvitamin.com/design/how-to-use-a-bit-of-cleverness-to-impress-your-users/#comment-3564 Tobin Harris Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:25:31 +0000 http://carsonified.com/design/how-to-use-a-bit-of-cleverness-to-impress-your-users#comment-3564 I've always believed that this kind of feature gives out a powerful message. It's a gift. Not really *needed*. But something that goes above expectations and makes you feel good. It tells the user that they matter. Other examples are: opening your first Apple product to be greeted by clever package design. Or when a restaurant serves your food in an unexpected, but cool manner. I’ve always believed that this kind of feature gives out a powerful message. It’s a gift. Not really *needed*. But something that goes above expectations and makes you feel good. It tells the user that they matter.

Other examples are: opening your first Apple product to be greeted by clever package design. Or when a restaurant serves your food in an unexpected, but cool manner.

]]> By: Ryan http://thinkvitamin.com/design/how-to-use-a-bit-of-cleverness-to-impress-your-users/#comment-3563 Ryan Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:53:06 +0000 http://carsonified.com/design/how-to-use-a-bit-of-cleverness-to-impress-your-users#comment-3563 Hey James - which icon set is that? I'm not seeing that on Adium ... Hey James – which icon set is that? I’m not seeing that on Adium …

]]> By: James Heaver http://thinkvitamin.com/design/how-to-use-a-bit-of-cleverness-to-impress-your-users/#comment-3562 James Heaver Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:01:07 +0000 http://carsonified.com/design/how-to-use-a-bit-of-cleverness-to-impress-your-users#comment-3562 For me, nothing beats Adium (IM) on the Mac. The bird icon goes to sleep, wakes up, waves to get your attention. Fantastic, beautiful, expressive, only as obtrusive as you want when you get an IM and that little touch of humour. For me, nothing beats Adium (IM) on the Mac.

The bird icon goes to sleep, wakes up, waves to get your attention.

Fantastic, beautiful, expressive, only as obtrusive as you want when you get an IM and that little touch of humour.

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