Since flickr released it’s API we have seen many wonderful mashups, however, Tagnatica is now one of my favorites. The user interface is very intuitive and easy to use. Simply type in a flickr tag on the initial screen and you’re presented with a circle made of of categories in that tag. As you hover over the images you can click on them and drill down through different categories or launch into a new one. Very fun.
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Tagnatica – Flash and flickr Mashup
– April 10, 2006 - No comments - Posted in Design Patterns, Images & Media. -
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ZK – Simple and Rich AJAX Framework
– April 5, 2006 - No comments - Posted in Applications, Frameworks. -
I’ve experimented with most of the AJAX frameworks that have come out over the last year and ZK lives up to it’s marketing line of, “Simple and Rich”. ZK comes loaded with over 60 XUL and 80 XHTML components are supported, including list boxes, tree, drag-and-drop, auto-completion, sliders, timer, combo boxes, audio and many others. I found the user experience of ZK to be very fluid and can see it being a great resource for designers that do not have high-level programming skill, but still want to experiment with AJAX UI elements.
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Color Tool – AJAX Website Color Picker
– April 5, 2006 - No comments - Posted in Applications, Prototyping. -
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Bubblr – Fun and Games With Flickr
– April 3, 2006 - No comments - Posted in Design Patterns, Images & Media. -
There are many applications that use the Flickr API to enrich our web experience, Bubblr is now at the top of my list. Bubblr allows you to search by tag or person and then to have some fun with the images. In their first screen you can search flickr images and then add thought and conversation bubble to them. Then you can publish them and send them to a friend. It feel like making a comic strip out of any flickr image. Additionally, there are two fun games to play. Memry and Phrasr are both worth checking out. Have fun!
