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FX Trading in a game-like setting

Theba Islam — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:07:35 GMT

Hi all, for anyone else designing financial trading apps - I came across eToro yesterday and thought that it might be of interest to the group -

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john_ferrara@... — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:41:55 GMT

I actually haven't played them. Has anyone else played Guitar Hero or Rock Band? "jeroen_bennink" Sent by:

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jeroen_bennink — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:24:17 GMT

I couldn't agree more. What do you think of the ease of use of the guitars from rockband and guitarhero? In my opinion the gituars are a bit to small, and

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john_ferrara@... — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:08:48 GMT

I think the onscreen keyboard interface (i.e. when using the web browser) suffers some ergonomic problems as well. I find that the hand motion required to

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jeroen_bennink — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:47:07 GMT

The motion capture in a game made by Nintendo is excellent. But the menu itself needs a to precise control with a device that isn't really made for point and

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john_ferrara@... — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:52:24 GMT

I agree. I think that motion-sensitivity is a really interesting choice, because now game design will in large measure depend upon human ergonomics. I've

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jeroen_bennink — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:39:46 GMT

Perfect when I'm playing tennis, when I need to navigate in a menu the controls are not as precise as a regular controller. Pointing a hand towards a button is

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john_ferrara@... — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:29:08 GMT

So what's your feeling on the Wii's controller? "jeroen_bennink" Sent by: GameUIdesign@yahoogroups.com 10/01/2008 07:36 AM Please

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jeroen_bennink — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:36:03 GMT

Hi, I'm Jeroen Bennink, interaction designer at a dutch company called Info.nl. I've played both pc and console games, nowadays i'm only playing xbox360 and

Welcoming new subscribers

John Ferrara — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:23:42 GMT

I want to welcome a few new members to this mailing list. And I'd like to ask of the whole list -- what's your experience of games? Have you seen any game

Eyepets and death clusters

John Ferrara — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:49:22 GMT

I've just blogged an interview with the creative director of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Eric Matthews. It was a really great discssion that had clear

Re: Financial apps and games....

Theba Islam — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:53:35 GMT

Hi Mia, John, thank you very much for pointing these out. They've triggered quite a few viable design ideas. The PNC, mint, filife interfaces are impressive

Re: Financial apps and games....

John Ferrara — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:05:10 GMT

Hmm.... I don't have an ideal example, but I can approach the question in a few ways. 1. This isn't so much a charting interface, but I'd recommend checking

Re: Financial apps and games....

mia_lyons — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:48:55 GMT

Theba You might take a look at mint.com, filife.com and http://www.willyoujoinus.com/energyville/index.aspx?economist=eco3459 for some interesting takes on

Financial apps and games....

Theba Islam — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:54:25 GMT

Hi John, looking forward to hearing more about the discussion. Was wondering if you or anyone could help me with this ? I'm redesigning an extremely dated