information aesthetics

good read thanx for taking the time to write it

very interesting

Please tell me he didn't actually PATENT the zkimmer interface. People have been exploring this sort of thing for a long long time.

Jef Raskin (one of the inventors of the Macintosh) wrote about a zoom interface in detail 10 years ago in the Humane Interface.

I doesn't look like the scroll wheel is activated in this interpretation... that's one of the great things about using google maps imo. It allows for total control of the app w/o having to touch the little +/- nav bar.

Nice interface, surprising I haven't seen something like it before. I love the idea of building on a common interface, it drops the learning curve down to nothing and ratchets up the usability factor by a lot.

Some kind of caching to reduce navigation delays would make it more responsive, as would the addition of iPhone-style "flick" momentum.

people might also be interested in this Google Maps image viewer at labnol.org. it seems anyone can put large images in a Google Map-esque interface for free!

Pretty good, but it would be a lot cooler if they implemented the scrollwheel.

You'll have to install the Microsoft Silverlight plug-in (v2), but check out the Hard Rock memorabilia interface at . 250+ high-res images of rock 'n' roll memorabilia. Scroll wheel and click to zoom.