The Aurora browser project at Mozilla suggests some really cool functionality and well thought through integrations. The future of Web browsing, potentially, or cloud computing certainly. That said, IMHO the navigation is more complex that it needs to be. Sometimes, I think, in the attempt to make things more intuitive, we actually achieve the opposite.
Aurora (Part 1) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.
After watching part one, I loved the Z-axis recency feature, but I couldn’t shake the metaphor of my Grandmother’s cluttered root cellar shelves.
Here’s Part two:
Aurora (Part 2) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.
Location aware services are pulled through really nicely, but the handheld really drives home that the implementation of the ‘frame’ is bugging me…
Part Three:
Aurora (Part 3) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.
Now, a mobile device that reads RFID, that is a huge link missing in today’s devices, very cool!
Part Four:
Aurora (Part 4) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.
Ok, is there any application where gestural interface isn’t cool ?
Tom Cruise Talks With His Hands in Minority Report
(Tom Cruise, we owe you.)
Interesting bits about the ownership of data, and how we share it.
Aurora is platform integration more than interface. A nice packaging of some aspects of the ‘Convergence’ we’ve been waiting on for 10 years and all really inspiring.. I only hope we start seeing demonstrations on how we can live and act anonymously in this world of tomorrow soon, as well.
Nice blend of still frames and animated UI, too…
