Tibor Szász - web developer

Working on CloudDeck

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:01:00 +0000

This weekend I started implementing the playlist synchronization feature for CloudDeck. I'm just half way through, but it is still exciting and challenging to cover every small detail to make it work.
This screenshot just a working version, the sync process will be seamless, so you can publish your favourite music effortlessly.

Oh and I almost forget that I need to design the sharing site. Balsamiq mockups, here i come :)

A common UX mistake in pagination

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:20:00 +0000

Navigation on the web is common place today. We click on links or buttons, and they take us where the link text said. But are they? Even if the website's developer didn't intend to mislead us, there is a common issue related to pagination.

Blogs often provide "previous" and"next" links. If I'm on the first page, then there is no confusion. There should be a previous link called "previous page" and the other link "next page" should be hidden. Clicking on the "previous page" the "next page" appears and I'll know where the "next page" will take me.

Okay, so let me ask you that if your first visit on a blog wasn't the main page, rather a deeplink with posts listed. At the bottom of the page where will the "previous page" take me?

Takes me to the older posts related to the page I'm currently viewing? Logical, because it was before in time.
Takes me forward in time? Makes sense, because the present is before the past and right now I'm in the past somewhere.

I've seen blogs operating both ways and it is a little confusing.
The solution is simple, just call your links older posts and newer posts, so any visitor can tell without doubt where will the navigation take them in relation to the page they are viewing right now.

CloudDeck, my precious

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +0000

I've release the first public beta version of my desktop based music discovery application, called CloudDeck.

This is a great milestone for me, because it is no longer just a side project, this is my main mission now, to make this application a very powerful and useful tool for music lovers.

Briefly, by using this app, you can listen to the most recent music that the music bloggers share.

You can read more here about the launch. And of course give it a try here: http://clouddeck.net.