Comments on: Smarter Auto-Linking http://particletree.com/notebook/smarter-auto-linking/ Everyone needs a hug. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:36:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Rexibit Web Services http://particletree.com/notebook/smarter-auto-linking/#comment-25120 Rexibit Web Services Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:17:24 +0000 http://particletree.com/?p=324#comment-25120 <p>I really like this. I am thinking of doing something similar with a CMS I am working on.</p> I really like this. I am thinking of doing something similar with a CMS I am working on.

]]> By: stone KID http://particletree.com/notebook/smarter-auto-linking/#comment-25007 stone KID Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:02:53 +0000 http://particletree.com/?p=324#comment-25007 <p>I think Alan <a href="http://it.kswchina.com" rel="nofollow">Cooper</a> pointed out that Fitt’s Law <a href="http://gaokao.kswchina.com" rel="nofollow">implies</a> that besides the corners, the <a href="http://zhiye.kswchina.com" rel="nofollow">easiest</a> target to acquire is “the current location of the pointer.” IOW, the biggest button is one you don’t have to move to at all. AFAIK this is not often used.</p> I think Alan Cooper pointed out that Fitt’s Law implies that besides the corners, the easiest target to acquire is “the current location of the pointer.” IOW, the biggest button is one you don’t have to move to at all. AFAIK this is not often used.

]]> By: maomao http://particletree.com/notebook/smarter-auto-linking/#comment-25006 maomao Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:00:18 +0000 http://particletree.com/?p=324#comment-25006 <p>Markus, we do a <a href="http://waiyu.kswchina.com" rel="nofollow">good</a> amount with Smarty, so we made the autolinking available as a <a href="http://kaoyan.kswchina.com" rel="nofollow">modifier</a>. The unescaping, on the other hand, is a good amount of code and is needed everywhere, so we do that on the PHP side. It is a specific oddity we ran into, but one that others may run into, so it still may help in some circumstances.</p> Markus, we do a good amount with Smarty, so we made the autolinking available as a modifier. The unescaping, on the other hand, is a good amount of code and is needed everywhere, so we do that on the PHP side. It is a specific oddity we ran into, but one that others may run into, so it still may help in some circumstances.

]]> By: gossard http://particletree.com/notebook/smarter-auto-linking/#comment-25005 gossard Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:58:55 +0000 http://particletree.com/?p=324#comment-25005 <p>As a corollary to the point about Fitts’s Law not addressing movement in multiple dimensions or amidst distractions, consider that the notion of a target is relative. Sure you may want the user to click a particular button, but if the layout provides all germane interaction handles in visual clusters, that cluster can become the initial target. During the movement toward the larger target, the user may subdivide and segregate specific target from distraction. By the time they’ve discerned their specific target, the distance that they’ll need to cross is lessened, and they’re already in motion.</p> <p>No big science here. Just sharing a thought :)</p> As a corollary to the point about Fitts’s Law not addressing movement in multiple dimensions or amidst distractions, consider that the notion of a target is relative. Sure you may want the user to click a particular button, but if the layout provides all germane interaction handles in visual clusters, that cluster can become the initial target. During the movement toward the larger target, the user may subdivide and segregate specific target from distraction. By the time they’ve discerned their specific target, the distance that they’ll need to cross is lessened, and they’re already in motion.

No big science here. Just sharing a thought :)

]]> By: sean http://particletree.com/notebook/smarter-auto-linking/#comment-25001 sean Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:59:16 +0000 http://particletree.com/?p=324#comment-25001 <p>Hey, I want to learn about apis and how to build one and can find no good book on it, do you know any good book that i could buy my email address is in this comment.</p> Hey, I want to learn about apis and how to build one and can find no good book on it, do you know any good book that i could buy my email address is in this comment.

]]> By: hypotheek http://particletree.com/notebook/smarter-auto-linking/#comment-24989 hypotheek Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:02:30 +0000 http://particletree.com/?p=324#comment-24989 <p>what a nice solution! going to test it out! thanks alot!</p> what a nice solution! going to test it out! thanks alot!

]]> By: Niyaz PK http://particletree.com/notebook/smarter-auto-linking/#comment-24955 Niyaz PK Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:46:34 +0000 http://particletree.com/?p=324#comment-24955 <p>Thanks for that.</p> Thanks for that.

]]> By: Russell http://particletree.com/notebook/smarter-auto-linking/#comment-24928 Russell Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:42:51 +0000 http://particletree.com/?p=324#comment-24928 <p>Another good thing is to <em>not</em> auto-link things inside</p> <p><code><pre> </pre></code></p> <p>tags. This is a very annoying 'feature' in all of 37signals' products.</p> Another good thing is to not auto-link things inside

<pre> </pre>

tags. This is a very annoying ‘feature’ in all of 37signals’ products.

]]> By: Ryan Campbell http://particletree.com/notebook/smarter-auto-linking/#comment-24923 Ryan Campbell Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:14:39 +0000 http://particletree.com/?p=324#comment-24923 <p>Markus, we do a good amount with Smarty, so we made the autolinking available as a modifier. The unescaping, on the other hand, is a good amount of code and is needed everywhere, so we do that on the PHP side. It is a specific oddity we ran into, but one that others may run into, so it still may help in some circumstances.</p> Markus, we do a good amount with Smarty, so we made the autolinking available as a modifier. The unescaping, on the other hand, is a good amount of code and is needed everywhere, so we do that on the PHP side. It is a specific oddity we ran into, but one that others may run into, so it still may help in some circumstances.

]]> By: Markus http://particletree.com/notebook/smarter-auto-linking/#comment-24922 Markus Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:58:22 +0000 http://particletree.com/?p=324#comment-24922 <p>It is only a matter of execution sequence. If the auto-linking happen before the HTML cleanup, there would be no conflicts.</p> It is only a matter of execution sequence. If the auto-linking happen before the HTML cleanup, there would be no conflicts.

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