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Monday, 18 July 2005 | NAVIGATING WITHOUT A CLICK

Ever wondered what it would be like to navigate a site without clicking your mouse? Me neither. To be honest with you, it never even entered my mind until I stumbled across this site.

It's refreshing to come across a site like Don't Click. It pushes the boundaries of how we see the world or in this case how we use the web.

It just goes to show how complacent humans are.We become accustomed to doing things in a certain way and never really question why. The more complacent we are, the harder it is to convince us to do things in a different way.

Is it sheer laziness? or our 'can't be bothered' attitude? Who knows.

Anyway, I really liked the different approach that 'Don't click' have taken to replacing a click with a gesture on buttons. I particularly like the timed approach, that displays an animation similar to that of a loading graphic appear on the button upon roll over.

Some how I really don't think that the 'Don't Click' approach will ever become mainstream. However I have a feeling that it has its place in some user interface design. Perhaps in the design of kids interfaces. I often watch my three year old navigate his way through sites like Sesame Street on my one click mac mouse.

The other day I happened to plug in a Microsoft mouse complete with 2 click-able buttons and scroll wheel option. The result was quite interesting; he found it extremely difficult to play the online games that he had been mastering over the last 6 months. I'd forgotten how difficult a simple looking mouse can be to use for the novice user, and once again Apple have proved that their products are far more user focused, even for the youngest users.

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