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  I recently returned from a vacation to one of the pioneers of UX, Walt Disney World.  And the thing that impressed me was the experience that Disney wanted you to have.  They want it immersive, consistent, friendly, themed, thrilling yet safe, familiar, and helpful.  They succeed pretty much 100% of the time.  And the ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fbk52Mk1w  Check out this video for some very interesting UI effects.  It's called CompCom, and it's a re-merge of Beryl and Compiz.  There's some eye candy effects and some interesting usable effects (dodge).  Kudos to the people working on this.   Sean

Apple knew what they were doing when they bought Fingerworks.  It looks like they've now patented the gesture library that all of us Fingerworks keyboard (mine is a Touchstream LP) users used for years.  And the latest patent looks very similar to previous product that they used to make.  It's basically a wide touchpad on the ...

Simon Guest has a great one hour video on how you can put User Experience back into Software Design, from the Canadian Strategic Architect Forum.  It uses the new Silverlight video player which has a wonderful ''chapter'' feature that lets you navigate through the presentation.  I prefer the Silverlight version of this presentation ...

Apple's user experience page for developers