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Get flash to fully experience Pearltrees
What is the Tarquin Engine? The Tarquin Engine is a tool for the creation and delivery of zooming infinite canvas webcomics . In it's current form it exists as a series of Action Script routines within a Macromedia Flash FLA file. Users can customise this template file through a simple drag-and-drop process in order to create their own original infinite canvas narrative. What do I need to use the Tarquin Engine? You need a copy of Macromedia Flash MX or MX 2004.
The Tarquin Engine
Mental Model Building Step by Step
A year ago I was casting about for a new example to use in my mental model presentations. I wanted something that was more globally applicable than a kitchen remodel, which was our old example at Adaptive Path. (Imagine someone living in a tiny Tokyo apartment trying to make sense of the task flow supporting the planning around custom kitchen cabinets!)
Open Source Usability: The birth of a movement
The last few months have been an exciting time for open source usability. Here is a first hand story of what has been happening, some photographs and reflections. This article is divided into three parts.